“Gagarin, I loved you”: how the name of the first Soviet cosmonaut became a symbol
The name of Yuri Gagarin has long been a symbol. Streets, squares, cities are named in his honor. The word “Let's go!” associated with the first flight into space. Poems and songs are dedicated to the legendary astronaut. For example, the Underwood group has the composition “Gagarin, I loved you”. And the boys born in the 1960s were named Yuri in honor of the first person to orbit the Earth. MIR 24 correspondent Maxim Krasotkin found out where you can find Gagarin's name now.
“Gagarin, I loved you”: how the name of the first Soviet cosmonaut became a symbol
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