![COSMONAUT GAGARIN](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F1%2F53%2F15374_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_WXVyeWkgQWJyYW1vY2hraW4gIzE1Mzc0_116%3A95_sputnik-15374-preview_f4aa42b73fac9c0f417446b4cfeccc02.jpg)
![COSMONAUT GAGARIN](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F1%2F53%2F15374_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_WXVyeWkgQWJyYW1vY2hraW4gIzE1Mzc0_116%3A95_sputnik-15374-preview_f4aa42b73fac9c0f417446b4cfeccc02.jpg)
The world's first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Science & Technology, Lifestyle & Leisure
- Location: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 27.05.1961
- Date published: 21.10.2004
- Author: Yuryi Abramochkin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: А100641, 6x6 film
- Media: JPEG, 4558x4724px, 6.3Mb