To the Commander of the stratospheric balloon "USSR," PROKOFIEV

To the Pilot, BIRNBAUM

To the Engineer, GODUNOV

Congratulations to the unsurpassed heroes of the stratosphere on the brilliant fulfillment of the assignment of Soviet power.

You, together with the workers and designers who created the stratospheric balloon, along with the organizers of the flight, have inscribed brilliant pages in the history of Soviet aviation and the study of the stratosphere. Your selfless and successful work has vividly demonstrated new achievements of Soviet technology.

We are submitting a petition to the Central Executive Committee of the USSR for the awarding of the Order of Lenin to the participants and organizers of the flight.

STALIN

MOLOTOV

VOROSHILOV

KAGANOVICH

Pravda. October 3, 1933.