Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) cosmonaut, Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union, pilotcosmonaut.

The first man to fly into space.

Grandfather - Timothy Matveevich Matveev, Putilov factory. Father - Alexei Ivanovich Gagarin (1902-1973) - a carpenter. Mother - Anna Matveeva Timofeevna (1903-1984) - worked on dairy farms. brothers: Valentin Gagarin (1924-2006) - he worked as a carpenter. Boris Gagarin (1936-1977) - worked on Gzhatsk plant. Sister - Zoya Gagarin, was a nurse in Gzhatsk bolnitse.Ee daughter, Tamara Filatova - Head of Department of the Museum of Yuri Gagarin (Gagarin).

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In 1955 he graduated from the Industrial College and flying club in Saratov and stumbled in the first Chkalovskoye Military Aviation School named after KE Voroshilov, from which he graduated in 1957 at the 1st grade.

1 hour 48 minutes flew globe.

While in orbit Gagarin conducted a simple experiment: drank, ate, took notes in pencil. Putting a pencil next to him, he accidentally discovered that he immediately began to float away. Gagarin from this concluded that the pencils and other objects in space, bind. All your feelings and observations, he wrote on the side deck. Before the flight was not yet known how the human mind will behave in space.

March 27, 1968 at 10:18 Gagarin and Seryogin took off from Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow in Shchelkovo. At the time of take-off visibility conditions were normal - cloud base was at 900 m above the ground. The job in the pilot area should have taken at least 20 minutes, but at 10:30 Gagarin reported to ground the end of the task, requested permission to turn around and fly to the base. After that relationship with the aircraft was lost. When it became clear that the aircraft had already run out of fuel, in the area of flight began the search that lasted more than 3 hours. At 14:50 one of the helicopters have found the wreckage of the MiG-15UTI about 65 km from the airport, near the village Novoselov, 18 km from the city Kirzhach Vladimir region. The next morning found a piece of a branch Gagarin's flight jacket with food stamps. It was later found the wallet with a driver's license and a photo of the Queen. The USSR was declared a national mourning. It was the first time in the history of the USSR, when the day of mourning was declared in connection with the death of a man who was not at the time of death, the current head of state. Urns containing the ashes of Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

External Images Memorial on the spot death of Gagarin and Seryogin