
Long live the proud falcons of our motherland, Stalin’s charges, brave Soviet pilots, who do not know any barrier in the course of meeting an established goal! Warmest greetings to the heroic daughters of the Soviet people – "Valentina GRIZODUBOVA, Polina OSIPENKO and Marina RASKOVA!" [Partial translation]
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"KERBI, October 7, 1938"
"Moscow, Kremlin"
To Comrade Stalin
"With your names in our hearts we, the daughters of the great socialistic motherland, flew over without landing, through clouds, fog, frost and night, from Moscow, the heart of our immense motherland, as far as banks of the Amur River. In the marsh, in the Taiga, among the rolling hills, we were not alone. With us are many millions of our nation, the Party and you, Comrade Stalin. Thank you for fatherly care."
"GRIZODUBOVA, OSIPENKO, RASKOVA."
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"KERBI, October 7, 1938"
"Moscow, Kremlin"
"Comrades Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich, Voroshilov, Ezhov, Mikoian, Kalinin, Zhdanov, Andreev"
We are ready to fulfill any order of the party and government.
"GRIZODUBOVA, OSIPENKO, RASKOVA."
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KERBI
CREW OF THE AIRPLANE “MOTHERLAND”
"Comrades V. Grizodubova, P. Osipenko, M. Raskova"
We are proud of you and we press your hands with all our soul.
Authorized by the TSK VKP(b) and SNK of The USSR
J. STALIN
V. MOLOTOV