Token - Valery Chkalov ND

Reverse

Map; plane.

Lettering:
БЕСПОСАДОЧНЫЙ ПЕРЕЛЁТ ЧЕРЕЗ СЕВЕРНЫЙ ПОЛЮС
СССР
18 ИЮНЯ 1937 г. 8504км.

Translation:
Non-stop flight over the North pole
USSR
June 18 1937 8504 km

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Chkalov achieved several milestones in Aviation. In 1936 and 1937, he participated in several ultra long flights, including a 63-hour flight from Moscow, Soviet Union to Vancouver, Washington, United States via the North Pole on an Tupolev ANT-25 plane (June 18–20, 1937), a non-stop distance of 8,811 kilometres. The flight pioneered the polar air route from Europe to the American Pacific Coast.