Timur Apakidze

Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze
Native name	Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе თემურ აფაქიძე
Born	(1954-03-04)4 March 1954 Tbilisi, Georgia
Died	17 July 2001(2001-07-17) (aged 47) Ostrov, Russian Federation
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Service / branch	Soviet Naval Aviation Russian Naval Aviation
Years of service	1975–2001
Rank	Major General
Commands	Carrier Battle Group fighter squadrons 100th Fighter Regiment 279th Naval Fighter Regiment 57th Mixed Air Division, Northern Fleet
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation

Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze (Russian: Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе, Georgian: თემურ აფაქიძე, also transliterated as Temur 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.