Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, orbiting Earth on 12 April 1961 and becoming an international symbol of the Space Age.

Aliases (2)

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military officer
aviator
cosmonaut
historical figure
human
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
child Galina Gagarina
Yelena Gagarina
commemoratedOn International Day of Human Space Flight
Yuri's Night
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1934-03-09
dateOfDeath 1968-03-27
dateOfMarriage 1957-11-07
education Industrial Technical School in Saratov
Soviet Air Force cadet school in Orenburg
familyName Gagarin
firstHumanInSpace true
firstHumanToOrbitEarth true
fullName Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
givenName Yuri
hasAirportNamedAfter Kurumoch International Airport (Samara)
hasCraterNamedAfter Gagarin crater on Mars
Gagarin crater on the Moon
hasMonument Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
launchCountry Soviet Union
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Vostok-K rocket
mannerOfDeath aviation accident
militaryBranch Soviet Air Forces
militaryRank Colonel
nationality Soviet
nativeLanguage Russian
notableFor being the first human to journey into outer space
numberOfChildren 2
numberOfOrbits 1
occupation cosmonaut
fighter pilot
test pilot
orbitedBody Earth
patronymicName Alekseyevich
placeOfBirth Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
placeOfDeath near Novosyolovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
selectedAsCosmonaut 1960
spacecraft Vostok 3KA-3
spaceflightDuration 108 minutes
spaceflightEndDate 1961-04-12
spaceflightStartDate 1961-04-12
spaceMission Vostok 1
spouse Valentina Goryacheva
symbolOf Space Age

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Gagarin Air Force Academy
Gagarin Air Force Academy ("Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin")
Gagarin Cup
Gagarin crater
Industrial Technical School in Saratov
Kontinental Hockey League
Kurumoch International Airport
Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
namedAfter
Harmon Trophy
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Badge of Honour
notableRecipient
Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Valentina Goryacheva
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Vostok 1
Vostok-K rocket
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Galina Gagarina
Yelena Gagarina
father
Space Race
Vostok 1
firstHumanInSpace
Vostok 1
commander
Vostok 1
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Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
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Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
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Yuri Gagarin ("Gagarin")
familyName
Yuri Gagarin ("Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin")
fullName
Industrial Technical School in Saratov
hasAlumnus
Yuri
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Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
hasNotablePersonBornHere
Gagarin crater ("Gagarin")
hasOfficialName
Valentina Goryacheva
hasRelativeByMarriage
Gagarin crater ("Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin")
honors
Baikonur Cosmodrome
launched
R-7 Semyorka
launchedFirstHuman
Vostok 1
manualControlUnlockCodeHolder
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
notableBurial
Galina Gagarina
notableFamilyMember
Yelena Gagarina
notableRelative
Industrial Technical School in Saratov
notableStudent
Yelena Gagarina
parent
International Day of Human Space Flight
relatedTo
Valentina Goryacheva
spouse

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