Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov Military person

Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Беляко́в; 21 December 1897 [O.S. 9 December] - 28 November 1982) was a Soviet flight navigator who, together with command pilot Valery Chkalov and co-pilot Georgy Baydukov, set a record for the longest uninterrupted flight in 1936 and made the first non-stop flight across the North Pole, flying from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington.He was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and served as a lieutenant-general of the Soviet Air Force.

Personal facts

Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov
Birth dateDecember 21, 1897
Birth place
Moscow Governorate , Bezzubovo
Date of deathOctober 28, 1982
Place of death
Moscow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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Military person

allegiance
Russian Empire
23px Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
award
Order of the Red Star
military operations
Russian Civil War
Battle of Berlin
World War II
military branch
Red Army
Soviet Air Forces
Imperial Russian Army

Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=8426