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 | | '''Valery Pavlovich Chkalov''' (''&1042;&1072;&1083;&1077;&769;&1088;&1080;&1081; &1055;&1072;&769;&1074;&1083;&1086;&1074;&1080;&1095; &1063;&1082;&1072;&769;&1083;&1086;&1074;'') (February 2, 1904 - December 15, 1938) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1938). |
 | | In 1936 and 1937 he participated in several ultralong flights, including the flight from Moscow, USSR to Vancouver, Washington, USA via the North Pole on an Tupolev ANT-25 plane (June 18-20, 1937). |
 | | He was killed in a plane crash during a test flight. |
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