FIRST COSMONAUTER OF THE PLANET

GAGARIN Yuri Alekseevich (1934-1968) - cosmonaut of the USSR, colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union (1961), USSR pilot-cosmonaut (1961). Chl. CPSU since 1960. The first person to fly into space. Born in the family of a collective farmer in Gzhatsk, Gzhatsky district, Smolensk region. In 1941 he began to study at the secondary school in the village of Klushino, but the war was interrupted by studies. After the war, the Gagarins' family moved to Gzhatsk, where Gagarin continued to study in high school. In 1951 he graduated with honors from the vocational school in the town of Lyubertsy near Moscow (specializing in moulder-foundry) and at the same time a school of working young people. In 1955 he also graduated with honors from the Industrial Technical School and Aeroclub in Saratov and entered the 1st Chkalovsky Military Aviation School of Pilots named after. KE Voroshilov, who graduated in 1957 in the 1st category. Then he served as a military pilot in parts of the fighter aircraft of the Northern Fleet. Since 1960 in the cosmonaut detachment; From 1961 his commander. In 1968 he graduated with honors from the Air Force Engineering Academy. N.E. Zhukovsky .

12.4.1961 made the first space flight in the history of mankind (on the spacecraft "Vostok"), for 1 hour and 48 minutes the globe flew around and landed safely in the vicinity of the village of Smelovka in the Ternovsky district of the Saratov region. After the flight, Gagarin continuously improved his skills as an astronaut, and also took a direct part in training and training cosmonauts' crews, in flying the Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz spacecraft. In 1964-68, the deputy head of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Gagarin conducted a great public and political work, being a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the 6th and 7th convocations, a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol (elected at the 14th and 15th congresses of the Komsomol), president of the Society of Soviet-Cuban Friendship. With the mission of peace and friendship, he visited many countries. Gagarin was awarded the gold medal. KE Tsiolkovsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Medal de Lavo (FAI), gold medals and honorary diplomas of the International Association (LIUS) "Man in Space" and the Italian Association of Cosmonautics, the Gold Medal "For Outstanding Difference" and the honorary diploma of the Royal Aero Club of Sweden, A gold medal and a diploma FAI, a gold medal of the British Society for Interplanetary Communications, the Galaubert Award for Astronautics. Since 1966 Gagarin was an honorary member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and medals of the USSR, as well as orders of many countries of the world. He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Hero of Labor of Vietnam.
Gagarin tragically died in a plane crash near the village of Novoselove Kirzhachsky district, Vladimir region. When doing a training flight on an airplane (together with the pilot Seregin ). In order to perpetuate the memory of Gagarin, the city of Gzhatsk and Gzhatsky district of the Smolensk region. Respectively, renamed the city of Gagarin and Gagarin district. Gagarin's name was awarded to the Air Force Academy in Monino. The scholarship to them was established. Yu. A. Gagarin for cadets of military aviation teachers. The International Aviation Federation (FAI) established the Med. A. A. Gagarin. Gagarin's name is the Cosmonaut Training Center of the USSR, the research vessel of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Uch. Institutions, streets and squares of many cities in the world. In Moscow, Gagarin, Star City, Sofia - monuments to the astronaut; Memorial house-museum in Gagarin. Gagarin was elected an honorary citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Novocherkassk, Sumgait, Smolensk, Vinnitsa, Sevastopol, Saratov (USSR), Sofia, Pernik (NRB), Athens (Greece), Famagusta, Limassol (Cyprus), Saint Denis (France), Trencianske -Teplice (Czechoslovakia). The name of Gagarin is the crater on the Moon. The urn with ashes in the Kremlin wall.