Первый космонавт

First spaceman in the world

YURI GAGARIN (1934-1968)

• Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a prominent Russian cosmonaut. Gagarin was born on March 9th 1934, in a small village called Klushino, near Gzhatsk. The future cosmonaut had an uneasy childhood. As many people at those times, his family suffered from Nazi occupation. However, life continued and Yuri grew as a smart and active boy .

• In 1955 he graduated from the Saratov Industrial Technical School. During his student years he also attended a local aviation club. Gradually, aviation became his life’s work.

• In 1960 he started preparing for the flight into space. His first flight into space took place on April 12th 1961. Gagarin spent 108 minutes there in the spaceship “Vostok”, and this date became an international Cosmonautics Day. After the successful landing Yuri Gagarin became a national hero.

• He died in 1968, but people all over the world still remember the first Russian spaceman.

• https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Гагарин,_ Юрий_Алексеевич
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• https://rg.ru/articles/gagarin /