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Orenburg, formerly known as Chkalov, is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, near the boundary of Europe and Asia, along the banks of the Ural River, being
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Sovetskaya Street in Orenburg 0 4
Pedestrian bridge over the Ural River in Orenburg 0 3
Water tower in Orenburg
Valery Chkalov
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian and Soviet test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
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…Orenburg" has not changed since its founding in 1743. Between 1938 and 1957, the city was referred to as Chkalov, named after the famous Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov, although he was not born in and never lived in Orenburg, and never visited Orenburg. In 1954, Chkalov's five-meter bronze sculpture was erected on the…
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Chkalov meets with Joseph Stalin.
Monument to Valery Chkalov in Nizhny Novgorod, 1986