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  2. Vostok 1 - Wikipedia

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    Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, lit. ' East ' or ' Orient ') was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit ...

  3. Yuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

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    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space.

  4. Russian names in space - Wikipedia

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    Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) ... Yuri, a Russian masculine name [195] Zasyadko: ... Podja, the spirit of fire in Evenki mythology [200] Purgine: Patera

  5. Vostok (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a class of single-pilot crewed spacecraft built by the Soviet Union. The first human spaceflight was accomplished with Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The Vostok programme made six crewed spaceflights from 1961 through 1963.

  6. List of Slavic deities - Wikipedia

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    The Slavic Myths. co-author Svetlana Slapsak. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500025017. Graves, Robert (1987). New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: With an Introduction by Robert Graves. Gregory Alexinsky. Nowy Jork: CRESCENT BOOKS. ISBN 0-517-00404-6. Lajoye, Patrice (2022). Mythologie et religion des Slaves païens. Les Belles Lettres.

  7. Death of Yuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

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    An analysis of the cabin's clock and Gagarin's hand proved that the disaster happened at 10:31, around a minute after Gagarin's last contact. [ 22 ] The conclusion of the committee was the following: due to the changes in the air environment during the flight (the details were not specified) the crew made an abrupt maneuver resulting in a spin.

  8. Lost Cosmonauts - Wikipedia

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    According to Gagarin's biography, these rumours were likely started as a result of two Vostok missions equipped with dummies (including a mannequin known as Ivan Ivanovich) and human voice tape recordings (to test if the radio worked) that were made just prior to Gagarin's flight.

  9. The Beginning of the Legend - Wikipedia

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    The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, which took place against the backdrop of war, occupation, famine, the expulsion of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from the Smolensk region and the transfer of his family to Gzhatsk.