1934. The catastrophe of the stratostat "oswavahahim-1"
80 years ago, on January 30, 1934, during a record rise (20,600 m) above the territory of Mordovia, the stratostat "Osaviaviahim-1" with a crew consisting of Pavel Fedoseenko, Andrei Vasenko and Ilya Uskin crashed. Having reached a record height, the crew sent greetings to Stalin and other heads of the party and government and delegates of the XVII Congress of the CPSU (b).