On the site of the landing of the world's first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 16 km from Engels in the Saratov region, the Park of Space Conquerors named after V.I. Yuri Gagarin. This was announced by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.
“The creation of the park was supported by the President of our country Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The project has been implemented as part of a public-private partnership, ”he wrote in Telegram.
The creation of the park will allow “to increase knowledge and preserve the memory of the history of space and the people who wrote it,” he said.
“I invite you to visit the Space Conquerors Park on the Saratov land. I hope you enjoy it, ”Volodin wrote, attaching photographs of the park.
On April 12, Vladimir Putin will visit Engels in the Saratov Region on the occasion of Cosmonautics Day.
