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Chkalov (other)
Valery Chkalov (1904–1938) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot. His name was given to multiple objects in the former Soviet Union, including * Chkalov (Tashkent Metro), a station of the Tashkent Metro, now Do'stlik * Chkalov, Armenia, a town * Chkalov, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan *Chkalov, Allaikhovsky District, Sakha Republic, a village in Russia * Chkalov, Khangalassky District, Sakha Republic, a village in Russia * Chkalov, Nyurbinsky District, Sakha Republic, a village in Russia *Chkalov, former name of the town Buston, Sughd Region, Tajikistan *Chkalov Island, in the Sea of Okhotsk *Orenburg, named Chkalov from 1938 to 1957, a city in Russia and the capital of Orenburg Oblast ** Orenburg Oblast, formerly Chkalov Oblast See also * Chkalovka *Chkalovsk (other) Chkalovsk may refer to: *Chkalovsk, Russia, a town in Chkalovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Chkalovsk Urban Okrug, a municipal formation into which the town of oblast sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Vasilyevo (the town is now named Chkalov in his honour), which lies near Nizhny Novgorod. He was the son of a ship boiler-maker at the Vasselyevo Ship Yard on the River Volga. His mother died when he was six years old. Chkalov studied in the technical school in Cherepovets but later returned to his home town to work as an apprentice in the shipyard alongside his father. He then got a job as a stoker on a river dredger: the ''Bayan'' (later renamed the ''Mikhail Kalinin''). He saw his first plane in 1919 and decided to join the Red Army's air force, joining first at age 16 as a mechanic. He trained as a pilot at the Yegoryevsk Training School and graduated in 1924 join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov (Tashkent Metro)
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Vasilyevo (the town is now named Chkalov in his honour), which lies near Nizhny Novgorod. He was the son of a ship boiler-maker at the Vasselyevo Ship Yard on the River Volga. His mother died when he was six years old. Chkalov studied in the technical school in Cherepovets but later returned to his home town to work as an apprentice in the shipyard alongside his father. He then got a job as a stoker on a river dredger: the ''Bayan'' (later renamed the ''Mikhail Kalinin''). He saw his first plane in 1919 and decided to join the Red Army's air force, joining first at age 16 as a mechanic. He trained as a pilot at the Yegoryevsk Training School and graduated in 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov, Armenia
Chkalov ( hy, Չկալով, also Romanized as Ch’kalov) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' .... References * * Populated places in Lori Province {{Lori-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov, Kyrgyzstan
Chkalov ( ky, Чкалов) is a village in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Bazar-Korgon District Bazar-Korgon () is a district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at the town Bazar-Korgon. Its area is , and its resident population was 183,908 in 2021. Population Rural communities and villages In total, Bazar-Korgon Di .... Its population was 1,489 in 2021. References Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region {{JalalAbad-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov, Allaikhovsky District, Sakha Republic
Chkalov (russian: Чкалов; sah, Чкалов) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Berelekhsky Rural Okrug of Allaikhovsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Chokurdakh Chokurdakh (russian: Чокурда́х; sah, Чокуурдаах) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population wa ..., the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 155,Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian CensusЧисленность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (''Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities'') of whom 84 were male and 71 female, down from 195 recorded during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov, Khangalassky District, Sakha Republic
Chkalov (russian: Чкалов) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), one of two settlements, in addition to Kharyyalakh and Tit-Ary, the centre of the rural settlement, in Tit-Arinsky Rural Okrug of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ..., Russia. It is located from Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district and from Tit-Ary. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 284.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' References Notes Sources *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''Khangalassky District * Rural localities in Khangalassky District Populated places on the Lena River {{Sak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalov, Nyurbinsky District, Sakha Republic
Chkalov (russian: Чкалов) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), one of two settlements, in addition to Akana, the administrative centre of the Rural Okrug, in Akaninsky Rural Okrug of Nyurbinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located from Nyurba, the administrative center of the district and from Akana. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 77;Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service The Federal State Statistics Service (russian: Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Росстат), ''Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoi statistiki (Rosstat)'') is the governmental statistics .... Results of the 2010 All-Russian CensusЧисленность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (''Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities'') down from 98 recorded during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buston, Sughd
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Chkalov Island
Chkalov Island (Остров Чкалова; Ostrov Chkalova), formerly Udd Island (Остров Удд), is a coastal island in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located off Schastya Bay, between the shorebound lagoon and the sea. Baydukov Island lies only 2 km off its east-southeast tip. Chkalov Island is long and narrow. It is 20.5 km long and has an average width of 1 km. This island is a natural habitat for many birds, like the great knot, red-necked stint, dunlin, whimbrel, bar-tailed godwit and the common sandpiper. Beluga whales are common off its northern waters. Administratively Chkalov Island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. History Chkalov Island is named after Soviet pilot Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (1904–1938), the commander on the Antonov ANT-25 plane that flew on July 20, 1936, from Moscow through Franz Joseph Land, Severnaya Zemlya, Petropavlovsk and Khabarovsk. The plane landed 56 hours and 20 minutes late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia border, border with Kazakhstan. Population: Name Several historians have tried to explain the origins of the city's name. It was traditionally accepted that the word "orenburg" means a fortress on the Or River, River Or. In all probability, the word combination "orenburg" was proposed by , the founder of the city. In 1734, in accordance with his project, a package of governmental documents was worked out. This was the starting point for Orenburg as a fortress city near the meeting of the Or (river), Or and Ural rivers. On 7 June 1734, "A Privilege for Orenburg" (tsar's edict) was ordered by Anna of Russia, Empress Anna Ioannovna. While the construction site of the main fortress changed many times (down the River Ural), the name "Orenburg" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () in honor of Valery Chkalov. Population: 2,033,072 ( 2010 Census). Geography Orenburg Oblast's internal borders are with the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan to the north, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the north-east, and with Samara and Saratov oblasts to the west. Orenburg Oblast also shares an international border with Kazakhstan to the east and south. The oblast is situated on the boundary between Europe and Asia. The majority of its territory lies west of the continental divide in European Russia and smaller sections in the east situated on the Asian side of the divide. The most important river of the oblast is the Ural and the largest lake Shalkar-Yega-Kara. Orenburg is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalovka
Chkalovka ( hy, Չկալովկա) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Etymology The village was known as ''Aleksandrovka'' and ''Zeynalagali'' until 1946. History The village was founded by Russians who emigrated from the Volga, Saratov and Tambov regions of the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. On April 26, 1946, it was renamed in honour of test pilot Valeri Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo .... Until 1926 it was inhabited by Russians. In 1831 it had 45 inhabitants, while in 1989 - 455 inhabitants. Gallery Sevan Lake, Armenia. (Unsplash).jpg, Lake Sevan near Chkalovka References External links * * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province Populated places established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
