Gagarin Square

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Gagarin Square is a major public square in Moscow named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and known for its prominent monument honoring him.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public square
urban square
category Monuments and memorials to Yuri Gagarin
Soviet space program memorials
Squares in Moscow
coordinateLocation 55.706°N 37.582°E
country Russia
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Soviet space achievements
hasLandmark Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
surface form: Monument to Yuri Gagarin
hasMonument Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
surface form: Monument to Yuri Gagarin
hasNearbyInstitution Moscow State University area
hasNearbyLandmark Leninsky Prospekt radial highway
hasNearbyMetroStation Leninsky Prospekt metro station
hasNearbyRailwayStation Ploshchad Gagarina station
surface form: Ploshchad Gagarina station (Moscow Central Circle)
hasPublicArt Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
surface form: Monument to Yuri Gagarin
hasStructure transport interchange
hasTrafficFunction major road junction
hasViewOf Leninsky Prospekt
heritage Soviet-era urban planning
inception 1960s
locatedIn Moscow
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gagarinsky District, Moscow
locatedOnStreet Leninsky Prospekt
Vavilova Street
monumentDepicts Yuri Gagarin in a spacesuit
monumentHeight about 42.5 metres
monumentMaterial titanium
monumentStyle Soviet monumental sculpture
monumentUnveiled 1980
namedAfter Yuri Gagarin
namedForOccupationOfEponym cosmonaut
partOf South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow
usedFor commemorative events
public gatherings

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Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow near Gagarin Square
Ploshchad Gagarina station locatedNear Gagarin Square