The first elections of deputies to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, based on the new Stalin Constitution, were held in December 1937. Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, a Hero of the Soviet Union, the people’s favorite and a brave pilot, was proposed as a candidate in different parts of the country.
Valery Chkalov addressed the numerous requests to be elected in one of the districts by saying,
Valery Chkalov addressed the numerous requests to be elected in one of the districts by saying,