Valery Chkalov

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Hero of the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel aviator human

Valery Chkalov was a famed Soviet test pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union, best known for his pioneering long-distance flights, including a non-stop transpolar flight from Moscow to the United States in 1937.

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Label Occurrences
Valery Chkalov canonical 3
Chkalov 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet military personnel ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
aircraftFlown Polikarpov I-16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
aircraftTested Tupolev ANT-25 NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ
birthDate 1904-02-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Vasilyevo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasilyovo (now Chkalovsk), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath crash during test flight of a prototype aircraft ⓘ
commemoratedBy Chkalovskaya metro station in Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chkalovskaya metro station in Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valery Chkalov Street in various Soviet and Russian cities ⓘ
naming of Orenburg as Chkalov from 1938 to 1957 ⓘ
naming of the city of Chkalovsk in his honor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
dateAwarded 1936-11-24 ⓘ
deathDate 1938-12-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Moscow, Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Stalin era in the Soviet Union ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
familyName Chkalov NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork aviation ⓘ
test flying ⓘ
fullName Valery Pavlovich Chkalov NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Valery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMemorial Monument to Valery Chkalov in Chkalovsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monument to Valery Chkalov in Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monument to Valery Chkalov in Nizhny Novgorod NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken Russian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath aviation accident ⓘ
militaryBranch Soviet Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank brigade commander ⓘ
name Valery Chkalov NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Russian ⓘ
notableAchievement first non-stop transpolar flight from Moscow to the United States ⓘ
notableFlight Moscow–Frunze–Tashkent–Alma-Ata–Sverdlovsk–Moscow long-distance route NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moscow–North Pole–Vancouver (Washington, USA) non-stop flight in 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moscow–Udd Island non-stop flight in 1936 ⓘ
notableWork 1937 non-stop transpolar flight from Moscow to the United States ⓘ
occupation military aviator ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
patronymicName Pavlovich ⓘ
reasonForAward for long-distance non-stop flight Moscow–Udd Island ⓘ
testedAircraftAtDeath Polikarpov I-180 prototype NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chkalov Staircase → namedAfter → Valery Chkalov ⓘ
Chkalov Staircase → dedicatedTo → Valery Chkalov ⓘ
Mikhail Kalatozov → directed → Valery Chkalov ⓘ
Orenburg → formerName → Valery Chkalov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chkalov