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page 11934 in the Soviet Union
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
opera by Dmity Shostakovich
SS Chelyuskin
ship built in 1934
Soviet invasion of Xinjiang
1934 military campaign of the Soviet Union
Osoaviakhim-1
Osoaviakhim-1 was a record-setting, hydrogen-filled Soviet high-altitude balloon designed to seat a crew of three and perform scientific studies of the Earth's stratosphere. On January 30, 1934, on its maiden flight, which lasted over 7 hours, the balloon reached an altitude of . During the descent, the balloon lost its buoyancy and plunged into an uncontrolled fall, disintegrating in the lower atmosphere. The three crew members, probably incapacitated by high g-forces in a rapidly rotating gondola, failed to bail out and were killed by the high-speed ground impact.