The first cosmonaut of the Earth

distinctions of the several States, honorary citizen of many Russian and foreign cities.
12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in world history, flew into outer space

of the Smolensk region.
Today, the area has a proud name – "Gagarin".
Mother and father were conventional farmers. From an early age, they instilled in his son a love of the Motherland, diligence, perseverance in deeds and kindness.
Cost the Jura to go to school as the Great Patriotic War. During the war, the village was subjected to occupation.
After the liberation of Smolensk from the German invaders, he continued his studies at the school.
After graduating from school, moved Gagarin in Lyubertsy near Moscow, where he began training at a vocational school, specialty molder – caster, from which he graduated with honors. At the same time Yuri Alekseyevich study in the evening school youth.

industrial College.
In 1955 he graduated from College and began to learn at the flying club.
Made its first flight on YAK - 18, and decided to bind the further life with high flying.
Yury Alekseevich has flown more than 40 hours, having made 196 flights.
Gagarin continues to "travel" around the country and travels to Orenburg, where he entered the local military aviation school. After completing the course with honors, goes to serve in the Arctic.

enlisted in the cosmonaut detachment to the number of pilots who had excellent skills of controlling an aircraft. Requirements for candidates (there were 20 of them) high and hard.
Health must be excellent, endurance and discipline, excellent knowledge and skills at a high level.
Yuri A. he graduated from the training course. Soon, the government has formulated the task for the astronauts, and on April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin began to perform from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

mankind. On this day in Earth orbit was first launched spacecraft "Vostok", which was people.
Space pioneer in the history of mankind, was none other than Yuri Gagarin. His understudy was appointed German Titov.
Yury Alekseevich has successfully coped with the task. 1 hour and 48 minutes he scoured the Earth, and successfully completed the flight landing in the village of Smelovka that in the Saratov region.
For the flight on the Voskhod spacecraft, Gagarin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist labor and order of Lenin.

– national recognition and love of the common people. Yuri became very popular and was elected an honorary citizen in such cities as Smolensk, Novocherkassk, Sevastopol, Saratov, Kaluga, Vinnitsa.
Loved him and abroad he was made an honorary citizen in Pernik, Limassol, Greenhouse, Athens.
In the future, Gagarin spent his socio-political work, but did not forget about the flights.
Yuri was Deputy Head of the cosmonaut training center.
Two times was selected the Deputy, was a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
Yuri Gagarin was the holder of many Soviet and foreign awards and diplomas.

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Was performing a training flight, it turned out that the plane crashed in area of Vladimir region. The tragic death of Gagarin was a big blow and irreparable loss to society. Yuri buried on red Square.
The cause of death of the astronaut voiced by Alexei Leonov, in 2013, that all these years he conducted an investigation and calculations.
In the sky were two aircraft (the other aircraft was not supposed to be there), not to face and not to get into eddy-trail, Gagarin was forced to make a sudden maneuver. But an attempt to bring the aircraft to a height that unfortunately did not happen.
Yuri Gagarin's name will live as long as mankind lives. His name is given to streets, squares and schools.
In several cities there is a monument to the Great astronaut, there's a Museum dedicated to Yuri Gagarin.

moon has a crater named after Gagarin.
In hockey khkl the most prestigious award - the Cup and not the League title.
Before the flight, Yuri Gagarin wrote a letter to the families, just in case. It then was given to the wife, after the tragic death.