Valery Chkalov
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian and Soviet test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Валерий Павлович Чкалов
Chkalov meets with Joseph Stalin.
Monument to Valery Chkalov in Nizhny Novgorod, 1986
Tupolev Tu-160
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The Tupolev Tu-160 is a Soviet/Russian nuclear-capable supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1970s. The airc
Valery Chkalov
…rail systems of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Nizhny Novgorod each have a Chkalovskaya station. Yekaterinburg Metro also opened one in 2012. A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 bomber was named after Valery Chkalov. A musical duet, Отряд имени Валерия Чкалова ("Detachment named after Valery Chkalov"), recorded their first album…
Tu-160 "Alexander Novikov" overflying the Volga River near Saratov, Russia
Tu-160 "Valery Chkalov" in 2015
Tu-160 "Alexander Golovanov" at the 2013 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Cockpit view of a Tu-160