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  1. Death: 27 March 1968, Novosyolovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut famous for being the first human ever to enter space, spending 108 minutes orbiting the globe...

  2. The final Soviet name for the constituent republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, was adopted in the later Soviet Constitution of 1936. By that time, Soviet Russia had gained roughly the same borders of the old Tsardom of Russia before the Great Northern War of 1700 to 1721.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yuri_GagarinYuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

    By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including the nation's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union. Hailing from the village of Klushino in the Russian SFSR, Gagarin was a foundryman at a steel plant in ...

  4. Born: Mar 9, 1934 in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Died: Mar 27 (at age 34) in Novosyolovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Nationality: Soviet Occupation: Pilot Famous For: First person to go into outer space Awards: Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin Yuri Gagarin, the famous Soviet cosmonaut and pilot was the first

  5. Career in the Soviet space program. Selection and training. In 1960, after the search and selection process, Yuri Gagarin was selected with 19 other space explorers for the Soviet space program.

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin ( Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968) was a Russian cosmonaut ( astronaut ). He became the first human in space on April 12, 1961, in a rocket launched by the Soviet Union. Early life.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Soviet_UnionSoviet Union - Wikipedia

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with twelve countries.