Family is an integral part of every person’s life. it is the most important social unit. a sense of stability and tradition, that family provides, can’t be replaced by anything or anyone. perhaps, every family follows some special traditions that have been passed to them by former generations. my family is not an exception. for example, in my family it is habitual to dine together. every evening, when my parents come home from work, we have a nourishing family dinner. first of all, it lets us feel as a close unit. secondly, we get to discuss the important events of the day. the same tradition can be seen in my grandparents’ house. other than that, we are used to share the household chores. everyone has its own duties. for example, my mum is responsible for cooking, while my dad always does the shopping. i’m responsible for the pets and plants, while my older sister is responsible for washing the dishes and vacuum-cleaning. in my opinion, we are a close-knit and friendly family. each time there is an official holiday we invite the friends and arrange a posh feast. we especially like celebrating new year and christmas. the traditional new year dishes in our home are a roast chicken, a couple of russian salads and my mum’s specialty - a vanilla cake. we always prepare postcards and presents for everyone who visits us and for our family members. the presents are usually placed under the christmas tree. other family tradition is going out on friday nights. every friday we go out for a dinner. after that, we either come back home to watch a good movie, or we go to the cinema. there are lots of other traditions in my family, but these seem to be the most important ones.
Was born on 2 February 1904 in the village Vasilevo.
He graduated from the parish school, technical school in Cherepovets. He worked as a hammerer, a fireman in the Volga shipping company. At this time there was acquaintance with the Chkalov aircraft that he was "sick" for life.
Chkalov joined the Red army and began work as a mechanic on repair of the aircraft.He qualified as a fighter pilot and was sent to Leningrad.
After a brilliant performance at the Central airfield in Moscow was transferred to Briansk flight commander.
Adopted a test pilot in Moscow organized in flight test Institute.
Experienced fighter and IS 16KB. On this plane in the summer of 1936 he made the long flight from Moscow to Kamchatka. And in June of the following year hosted a non-stop flight across the North pole to the USA, which surprised the whole world. The crew consisting of pilots Chkalov, G. Baidukov and Navigator A. Belyakov on the ANT-25 flew out from Moscow and landed in Vancouver.
The flight took 63 hours and 16 minutes. Each participant of the flights was awarded the title of Hero Of The Soviet Union.
Chkalov died on 5 December 1938 near Moscow during a test of a fighter And-180. He was buried on red square in Moscow
