Gagarin (Russian language: Гага́рин) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Gzhat River. Geographical location 55°33′ N 34°59′ E. Russian (руÑÑкий Ñзык listen?) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia | Smolensk Oblast ...
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Founded in 1719 as Gzhatsk (Гжатск), town status since 1776. In 1968 the town was renamed Gagarin (after its most famous native, Yuri Gagarin). // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) Births November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of... This article is about the year 1776. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий ÐлекÑеевич Гагарин; YOO-ree a-lek-SE-ye-veech ga-GA-reen; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human to travel into space. ...
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born in the Smolensk region of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Gagarin and fellow cosmonaut Gherman Titov, front-runners in their class, were both contenders for the Vostok 1 flight.
Gagarin was exposed to about six times the normal force of gravity on the earth during the launch phase and about eight times the normal force of gravity during the re-entry.
Gagarin's last-minute assignment, approved at the highest levels of the CPSU, to take the historic flight, may have been due to Gagarin's modest upbringing and genial, outgoing personality, as opposed to the middle-class and somewhat aloof demeanor of Titov.
Gagarin being safely returned, Nikita Khrushchev rushed to his side and Gagarin issued a statement praising the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as the "organiser of all our victories." Khrushchev saw Gagarin's achievement as a vindication of his policy of strengthening the Soviet Union's missile forces at the expense of conventional arms.
Memorial on the place of the crash that killed Gagarin and SereginA new theory, advanced by the original crash investigator in 2005, hypothesises that a cabin vent was accidentally left open by the crew or the previous pilot, thus leading to oxygen deprivation and leaving the crew incapable of controlling the aircraft.
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