The legendary General Deinekin Peter Stepanovich, whose biography is devoted to this article, was the commander in chief of the USSR Air Force in the early 90s. After the collapse of the country, he automatically began to head the Air Force of the Allied Forces of the Union of Independent States. In 1992, by decree of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Federation, he was appointed commander in chief of the Air Forces of Russia and remained in this post until 1998. For valiant service, General Deinekin Pyotr Stepanovich, whose biography can impress everyone, received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. He was a doctor of military sciences and a professor at the Higher Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The most interesting thing in his biography is how the "Dudaevites" sentenced him to death.
Childhood
The official biography of Pyotr Stepanovich Deinekin says that he was born in December 1937 in the town of Morozovsk, Rostov Region, in a family of teachers. His mother, Zinaida Mikhailovna, taught in elementary grades. The boy’s father, Stepan Nikolaevich, was a history teacher and, despite his young age, ran a local school. At the beginning of World War II, a man became a cadet at the Borisoglebsk Aviation School and died during a parachute jump. So in 1943, at the age of 5, Petya, who survived with his mother all the horrors of the fascist occupation, lost his father. It was then that the boy decided that when he grows up, he himself will become a pilot in order to take his dad's place in the ranks.
Way to Aviation
A year and a half after the death of her husband, Zinaida Mikhailovna, in search of better living conditions for her little son, went with him to Lviv.
Petra’s mother, although she never forgot about the tragedy that happened to her husband, did not discourage the young man when he announced his decision to go to Kharkov and enter a special school, where he trained personnel for the country's air force. However, in response to Deinekin’s written request for admission to this educational institution, a notice was received stating that there was an order banning the enrollment of young men from Western Ukraine among the cadets. Without thinking twice, Zinaida Mikhailovna wrote an angry letter to the leadership of the special school, in which she spoke about the death of her husband and what she and her son had to endure in the occupation. Her appeal led to the fact that the head of the educational institution G. D. Yarovoy apologized and called Peter to take exams in Kharkov.
After graduating from a special school, Petr Stepanovich Deynekin (in the biography date of birth indicated December 14, 1937) went to the city of Balashov, Saratov Region, and entered the local military military school. Looking ahead, we say that with the receipt of a diploma from this educational institution, the education of the future army general did not end, and subsequently he continued his studies at the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy.
Service
The official biography of Deinekin Pyotr Stepanovich contains detailed information about his ascent on the career ladder. However, the beginning of his formation as an officer was not easy. The young man was sent to serve in Long-Range Aviation units deployed in Kamchatka, namely to the 53rd Bomber Division, as a right-hand pilot-assistant to the Li-2 aircraft commander. In this position, he served for about a year, from 1957 to March 1958. Since April, Deinekin was appointed navigator pilot, and a year and a half later he received the post of right pilot in the 104th transport and aviation squadron of the Fifth Long-Range Aviation Army. A year later, the future army general was already an assistant commander of a heavy bomber regiment. And now, finally, from the middle of 1960, Peter Deinekin began to fly Tu-16 jet bombers. This was a great achievement for him.
Commander Beginning
In the fall of 1962, Petr Stepanovich Deinekin, whose biography is known to many air force veterans today, began flying on a Tu-16 at a retraining school at the 43-year-old Long-Range Aviation Center in the city of Ryazan. After that, he was appointed as a pilot of a special group of long-range aviation flight personnel. In the years 1962-1963, Deinekin served as commander of the Tu-104 ship in the air squad 205 of the Northern Civil Aviation Administration. Then, over the next two years, he was the commander of a ship in heavy bomber regiments, again, Long-Range Aviation. After this, Pyotr Stepanovich decides to continue his studies with the aim of improving flight skills and enters the Air Force Academy. Yuri Gagarin, who graduated in 1969. Further, Deinekin receives the appointment to the post of deputy squadron commander of the bomber regiment, and in May 70 he takes the post of commander of an air squadron. He himself is surprised at his fast-paced career, but the leadership of a rather talented pilot and promotes him higher and higher.
Career takeoff
Since 1971, the biography of Deinekin Pyotr Stepanovich (photo see in the article) states a continuous career advance. First, he was appointed deputy flight commander of the 185th Guards Bomber Regiment, and in 1973 he headed this unit. A year later, his pilots were the first in all of Long-Range Aviation to master the new class Tu-22M2 supersonic bomber. A year later, Peter Stepanovich was appointed deputy commander, and a couple of years later - the commander of the heavy bomber division number 155.
Another step in education
Throughout his life, General Deinekin continued to improve his education and level of knowledge. In particular, he went to study at the General Staff Military Academy, from which he graduated with a gold medal in 1982. Since August 1985, for three years, Pyotr Stepanovich was the commander of the 37th Air Army, and later the entire Long-Range Aviation. In the fall of 1990, in the penultimate year of the existence of the USSR, according to the biography, Petr Stepanovich Deynekin - Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force of the Soviet Union.
Top career
In late summer 1991, Deinekin received the post of Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Air Force and was immediately appointed deputy defense minister of the USSR. A year after the collapse of the Union, he became commander in chief of the Air Force of the CIS countries. In the same period, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was created, and after all organizational issues were settled, he was appointed the first in the history of new Russia Air Force commander. During the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Chechnya (from the end of December 1994 to September 1996), Deinekin led the military operations of Russian aviation.
Achievements
For 40 years of his flying career, P.S. Deinekin spent more than 5,000 hours in the air as a ship commander and instructor pilot. He participated in trials and experimental flights on the Tu-22M2, Tu-160, Tu-95MS combat complexes and the IL-78 tanker. Pyotr Stepanovich led the air parade on the fiftieth anniversary of the Great Victory and was at the helm of the Tu-160 missile carrier, called Ilya Muromets.
Government Awards
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin, Army General Petr Stepanovich Deinekin of 08.22.1997 "for the heroism, courage that he showed during the operation and development of aviation equipment, as well as for his great contribution to strengthening the country's defense capabilities" was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the award of a medal “Golden Star.” Over the years of valiant service, he was awarded several other orders and medals.
Army General Petr Stepanovich Deynekin: biography "in civilian life"
In January 1998, at the age of 60, General P. Deinekin was sent to the reserve, as he had reached the age limit for military service. In the same year, he was appointed head of the Office of the Presidential Administration for Cossacks. Since 2003, Petr Stepanovich served as vice president of Avikos, and also headed the Board of Directors of Afes. In 2010, he took the post of vice president of Alfa Insurance. In the second half of 2011, Deinekin was appointed Chairman of the OS of the Federal Agency of Russian Aviation. In this position he stayed until his death. The general died in August 2017, at the age of 79, in Moscow, in his apartment. The cause of his death is a heart attack.
Memoirs
In recent years, Deinekin Peter Stepanovich often recalled his past life and even sat down to write memoirs. In 2006, 2007, and also in 2011, three books of the commander's memoirs were published. One of them was dedicated to its formation, years of youth and the beginning of the journey. It was called Wings of Our Youth. The second book described the experimental period of the military more. It was called "Deep in the Sky". The third book was about fighting in Chechnya. It was then that the Dudaevites sentenced him to death, but the fearless military continued his service despite all the threats from the militants.