Temur Apakidze

Temur Avtandilis Dze Apakidze
Native name
თემურ აფაქიძე
Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе
Born(1954-03-04)4 March 1954
Tbilisi, Georgia
Died17 July 2001(2001-07-17) (aged 47)
Ostrov, Russian Federation
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
BranchSoviet Naval Aviation
Russian Naval Aviation
Years of service1975–2001
Rank Major General
Commands
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation

Temur Avtandilis Dze Apakidze (Georgian: თემურ ავთანდილის ძე აფაქიძე, Russian: Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе, Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze; 4 March 1954 – 17 July 2001) was a Russian major general of Georgian ethnicity, fighter pilot, flight specialist and founder of the modern Russian Naval Aviation and Hero of the Russian Federation.