Tevdore Garsevanishvili

Pilot - Tevdore Garsevanishvili was born in 1924 in the city of Gori. In 1941, he graduated from the aviation school  and the next day the USSR entered the Second World War. He went with his classmates to the military school in Maikop  to continue his studies. Garsevanishvili worked his way through the ranks of the army from cadet to head of an aviation regiment. He mastered all types of aircraft and was nicknamed "Air Devil." Until 1971, Garsevanishvili held the record for longest flight in difficult meteorological conditions. He left Georgia at the age of 17, served on the Japanese front, and continued the military work . He finally settled in Kyiv.