Valery Cikarov
Valery Pavlovich Chikarov (Russian: Валерий Павлович Чкалов Valeryi Pavlovich - Chukarafu; Latin Transcription: Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, February 2, 1904 - 15 December 1938) is a Soviet astronaut. Soviet Union Heroes. In June 1936, with Tupolev ANT - 25 aircraft successfully landed 9,374 km without landing from Moscow via the North Pole to Wood Island on the mouth of the Amur River (flight time is 56 hours 20 minutes). Furthermore, in the following 1937, from the Moscow to the Vancouver of the United States via the North Pole, we successfully landed over 12,000 km without landing (flight time was 63 hours 25 minutes) and set a world record of no-landing flight . In honor of its accomplishment, in 1938 he was awarded the title of the Soviet Union Hero from the government. ...