Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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Klushino, in Smolensk Oblast of the former Russian SFSR, is a rural village best known as the birthplace of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rural locality
village
associatedWith Vostok 1
surface form: Vostok 1 (indirectly, via Gagarin)

Yuri Gagarin
birthplaceOf first human in space
continent Europe
country Soviet Union
geographicalFeature inland settlement
governedBy local rural administration of Gagarinsky District
hasHeritage site commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s birthplace
hasHistoricalContext Soviet space program
hasNameInLanguage Клушино
hasNotableEventAssociation first human spaceflight via birthplace of Yuri Gagarin
hasNotablePersonBornHere Yuri Gagarin
historicalEra Cold War
surface form: Cold War period (for its main notability)
historicalPoliticalEntity Soviet Union
languageUsed Russian
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian SFSR
Smolensk Oblast
locatedInCountry Soviet Union
locatedInFederalSubject Smolensk Oblast
locatedInRegion European Russia
surface form: Western Russia
locatedInTimePeriod Russian SFSR era
nameLanguage Russian
notableAs birthplace of Yuri Gagarin
partOf Gagarinsky District, Smolensk Oblast
presentDayCountry Russia
ruralClassification village in Smolensk Oblast
settlementType rural locality
timeZone Moscow Time

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Yuri Gagarin placeOfBirth Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union