Valery Chkalov

This article is about the test pilot. For the mercenary logistician, see Valery Chekalov.
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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pavlovich and the family name is Chkalov.

Valery Chkalov
Валерий Чкалов
Born2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1904
Vasilyevo, Balakhninsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Chkalovsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)
Died15 December 1938(1938-12-15) (aged 34)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Allegiance Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Air Force
Service years1921-1938
RankCombrig (Brigadier)
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin (2)
Order of the Red Banner

Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Вале́рий Па́влович Чка́лов; IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf]; 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1904 – 15 December 1938) was a Russian/Soviet test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).

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