Ключевые слова: Михаил Водопьянов, гражданская авиация, «Добролёт», челюскинская эпопея.
M. A. Lukoyanova
The Far East of Mikhail Vodopy anov :
the way to the hero
In the 1930's, pilot Mikhail Vodopyanov worked on the airways of the Far East. In 1930, he became the discoverer of the air line from Khabarovsk to Sakhalin, from which the Far Eastern civil aviation dates its history. In 1934, Vodopyanov became a participant in the operation to rescue Chelyuskin residents, for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Keywords: Mikhail Vodopyanov, civil aviation, «Dobrolet», Chelyuskin epic.
