The event was attended by Maria Vodopyanova, a granddaughter of the prominent pilot; Raisa Vodopyanova, the wife of eldest son Vladimir; and Artem Adibekov, the Director General of Joint Stock Company Marka.
Mikhail Vodopyanov (1899–1980) was an aircraft pilot, a participant in the rescue operation of the Chelyuskin expedition in 1934, one of the seven first Heroes of the Soviet Union (1934), a Participant of high-latitude Arctic expeditions. He was a Major General of Aviation (1943). M. Vodopyanov is the author of three dozen books about the conquest of the sky and a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR
On November 18 of 2024, the envelopes with a commemorative stamp were put into postal circulation in the framework of the On the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 series and went on sale in post offices and the Collectioner show room chain.
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