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The Yauza River in the selo of Karmanovo in Gagarinsky District. Gagarinsky District (Russian: Гага́ринский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [3] district (), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.
Gagarin (Russian: Гага́рин), known until 1968 as Gzhatsk (Гжатск), is a town and the administrative centre of Gagarinsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Gzhat River, 240 kilometers (150 mi) northeast of Smolensk, the administrative centre of the oblast.
Location of Gagarinsky District, Moscow on the map of Moscow Coordinates: 55°42′12″N 37°33′47″E / 55.70333°N 37.56306°E / 55.70333; 37 Country
Star City (Russian: Звёздный городок, romanized: Zvyozdny gorodok, lit. 'starry townlet') is an area in Zvyozdny gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russia, which has since the 1960s been home to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC).
Klushino (Russian: Клушино, IPA: [ˈkluʂɨnə]) is a village in Smolensk Oblast (Western Oblast before 1937), Russia. It is situated on the old road between Vyazma and Mozhaysk, not far from Gzhatsk (now named Gagarin), and it was the site of a major battle during the Polish–Russian War of 1609–1618.
The origins of the museum go back to 1940 when the village of Monino was selected to be the location of what is now the Gagarin Air Force Academy.The museum itself was founded in 1958, two years after the airfield was closed, and had 6 aircraft and 20 aircraft guns at the time.
Location within Moscow Metro Ploshchad Gagarina ( Russian : Площадь Гагарина , Gagarin's Square) is a station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro . The station offers a free direct transfer to Leninsky Prospekt of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line .
The location of the current avenue has been a road since before the 18th century. Only the area between Kaluzhskaya Square and Kaluzhskaya Zastava Square (currently Gagarin Square) was then included into Moscow, and the name of this stretch was Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya Street. Construction was active in that area between the 18th century and the 1940s.