Yuri Gagarin Biography

Date and place of birth: March 9, p. Klushino of the Gzhatsky now Gagarinsky district of the Smolensk region. Date and cause of death: March 27 died in a plane on a Uti plane with a test pilot, Colonel V. Seregin during a training flight. The plane crashed near the village of Novoselovo, Kirzhachsky district of the Vladimir region. He was buried in the Kremlin wall on Red Square in nationality: Russian.

Education: - entered the 1st grade of secondary school s. Klushino, but the war was interrupted by the war. Only resumed his studies at school. Gzhatsk moved to the Gagarin family to Gzhatsk. Lyubertsy of the Moscow region, received the specialty "Former Little Democraticant". Lyubertsy was sent by the Moscow Regional Department of Labor Reserves to study at the Saratov Industrial College.

On an airplane, the yak performed flights and flew 42 hours 23 minutes. Voroshilov in Orenburg of the South Ural Military District on a fighter profile according to the first category. I passed state examinations in theoretical courses for "excellent." Yak flew on airplanes and mig -15bis a total raid - an hour 41 minutes, flights. Zhukovsky, engineering faculty. He graduated from the Academy with honors in the specialty “manned air and space aircraft and engines to them” and received the qualification “pilot-cosmonav-engineer”.

The author of the books: “Road to Cosmos”, “I see the Earth”, co -author of the book “Psychology and Cosmos” Activities before enrolling in the Cosmonauts detachment: October 27 - November 5 - Cadet of the 1st Chkalovsky Vul named after K. Louostari Murmansk region.

By October - a common raid - an hour. From May 23 - commander of the 1st detachment, senior instructor -cosmonaut. From Jan 16. From December 20-Deputy Head of the CPC for Flight Cosmic Training, Head of the Flight Cosmic Training Department. Since March 20 - head of the 3rd department, senior instructor -cosmonaut, deputy head of the CPC. Since March 14-Deputy Head of the CPC for Flight Cosmic training, senior instructor-cosmonaut.

Cosmic training and flights: March 16 - January 18 - General Russian training. Bykovsky, G. Nelyubov, A. Nikolaev, P. Popovich and G. October - April - direct preparation for the flight as part of the group. The descent apparatus and the astronaut landed near the village. SKELOVOVKA TERNOVSKY DISTRICATION of the Saratov Region. Flight duration: day 01 hours 48 minutes. Call: "Cedar." September - April - was prepared for the flight as the commander of the active KK Soyuz 7K -OK as part of the 2nd crew.

President of the Society of Soviet-Cuban Friendship with an honorary member of the Finland Society-Soviet Union. The lifelong member of the Club of Cosmos of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Laknau India, from the Honorary Leader of the ancient tribe of Kpelle Liberia, was elected to class: July 7 - a military pilot of the 3rd class, November 10 - April 12 - a military pilot of the 1st class, May 30 - Cosmonaut of the 3rd class.

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