The cause of death was the desire to put the world sverhrekord \"
Documents about the crash stratospheric \"Osoaviakhim-1\"
In the history of aeronautics, along with outstanding achievements and great victories, and there are many sad pages. The desire of man to rise into the air has always been fraught with enormous risk. Mourning the tragic loss of a list in the way of the \"fifth of the ocean\", open the mythical Icarus, includes a stratospheric balloon and the crew of \"Osoaviakhim\" in the PF Fedoseenko, AB Vasenko and ID Usyskina. The disaster occurred balloon January 30, 1934 near the village of Mordovia Potizh-Ostrog.
Stratospheric balloon flight to be of importance, as evidenced by the adoption of a special resolution of the Politburo of the CPSU (b).
First, it was the first flight in stratospheric winter conditions, and secondly, it was assumed that as a result of record-breaking achievements of the crew will be finally fixed the conquest of the stratosphere by the Soviet Union. Crew dedicated his flight took place in those days, XVII Congress of the Party.
In a note to Stalin by Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs Voroshilov said that the cause of death of the stratosphere balloon crew was the desire to \"put the world sverhrekord, regardless of the technical capabilities of the device and the conditions of flight.\" From this we can agree only in part. The report of the commission to investigate the causes of the disaster balloon provides a detailed analysis of both subjective and objective factors associated with the preparation and conduct of the flight.
XVII Party Congress honored the memory of standing brave aeronauts, the delegates were present in full strength for their funeral in Red Square. All crew members were posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin.
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