Video: Hero of the day: Vladimir Kokkinaki - the only Russian to be awarded the diamond "Chain of the Pioneer of the Wind Rose"
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki was born on June 25, 1904 in Novorossiysk into a large family of Greek immigrants. An amazing fact - five Kokkinaki brothers tied their lives with aviation, two became Heroes of the Soviet Union. On his account, Vladimir Konstantinovich himself has 22 world air records. He is the only Russian pilot who was awarded the diamond necklace "The Chain of the Pioneer of the Wind Rose" as the pioneer of the shortest path between Europe and America.
The Soviet Union had its own heroes and its own secrets. About, what Soviet people were proud of and what they were not told about we talked about in one of our previous reviews, which will certainly interest history lovers
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