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How many monuments to the first cosmonaut Yury Gagarin are there in the world? 🌎

👩‍🚀 There are about 50 busts and monuments to Yury Gagarin in the world. They are located in different parts of the world as a tribute to the man who first stepped into space. We will tell you about the most unusual monuments to the pilot.

➡️ The first foreign monument to Gagarin was a sculpture erected in 1975 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Initially, it stood in front of the Geyser Colonnade, but was later moved to the airport. Today, Gagarin meets and warmly welcomes guests of the city right upon arrival.

✔️ And in Lyubertsy and in London, for example, there is the same monument. The first was built near the school where the pilot studied, and the second was erected in his likeness. The opening of the monument in London was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's visit to Great Britain.

👍 Another monument is located in Houston. It is a "double" of the monument in Kaluga, built in 2011. The copy is located near the former NASA headquarters.

And that's not all, of course! Gagarin sculptures can be found in Argentina, Germany, Greece, Denmark, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Palestine, Ukraine, Croatia, Montenegro, Switzerland and even Sri Lanka.
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👩‍🚀 Всего в мире установлено около 50 бюстов и памятников Юрию Гагарину. Они расположены в разных уголках планеты как дань уважения человеку, впервые шагнувшему в космос. Рассказываем о самых необычных памятниках летчику.

➡️ Первым зарубежным памятником Гагарину стала скульптура, установленная в 1975 году в Карловых Варах в Чехии. Изначально она стояла перед Гейзерной колоннадой, но позднее была перенесена в аэропорт. Сегодня Юрий Алексеевич встречает и радушно приветствует гостей города прямо по прилету.

✔️ А в Люберцах и в Лондоне, например, стоит один и тот же памятник. Первый построили около училища, где учился летчик, а второй воздвигли по его подобию. Открытие монумента в Лондоне было приурочено к 50-летию визита Гагарина в Великобританию.

👍 Еще один памятник расположился в Хьюстоне. Он является «двойником» монумента в Калуге, построенного в 2011 году. Копия расположена около бывшей штаб-квартиры НАСА.

И это, конечно же, не все! Скульптуры Гагарина можно встретить в Аргентине, Германии, Греции, Дании, Индии, Италии, Казахстане, Канаде, Киргизии, Норвегии, Палестине, Украине, Хорватии, Черногории, Швейцарии и даже на Шри-Ланке.

#Россия #Russia #Gagarin #Space #YuryGagarin #YuriGagarin #Гагарин
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🚀 #OTD 62 years ago, on August 6, 1961, German Titov made a historic flight into space on the Vostok-2 spacecraft

Flight facts:
• Duration: 25 hours 18 minutes
• Number of Earth orbits: 17
• Distance covered: 700,000 km

Titov became the youngest cosmonaut in history at just 25 years old!

🎞️ Rare footage of this flight can be seen in the "Open Space" collection on the Presidential Library portal

#GermanTitov #Russia #USSR #Space
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Exhibition of photographs on the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova opened in Kolkata

On August 8, Russian House in Kolkata presented an exhibition of photographs in celebration of the 61st anniversary of the first flight into space by a female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Students of the Institute of Russian Language visited the exhibition.

The exhibition showcases more than hundred photographs depicting different stages of life, activities and achievements of Valentina Tereshkova.

Having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963, Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space.
She remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.
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В Калькутте открылась выставка фотографий о первой женщине-космонавте Валентине Терешковой

8 августа в Русском доме в Калькутте открылась выставка фотографий, посвященная 61-й годовщине первого полета в космос женщины-космонавта Валентины Терешковой. Выставку посетили студенты Института русского языка.

На выставке представлено более ста фотографий, рассказывающих о разных этапах жизни, деятельности и достижениях Валентины Терешковой.

Совершив одиночный полет на корабле «Восток-6» 16 июня 1963 года, Терешкова облетела Землю 48 раз, провела в космосе почти трое суток. Она остаётся единственной женщиной, совершившей одиночный космический полет.

#Russia #USSR #Tereshkova #Space #Cosmonaut #Терешкова #ValentinaTereshkova #Kolkata
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🇷🇺 #OTD, on September 14, 1959, 65 years ago, the Soviet automatic interplanetary station "Luna-2" reached the surface of the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to touch another celestial body.

🌓 Launched on September 12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, "Luna-2" made a journey that ended in the Sea of Rains region near the craters Aristillus, Archimedes and Autolycus.

🟣The "Luna-2" mission was the second most important event in the history of cosmonautics after the flight of Yuri Gagarin, demonstrating the advanced achievements of the Soviet space program. Major scientific achievement is the first direct measurement of the solar wind and confirmation of the Moon's lack of a significant magnetic field and radiation belt.

#History
#Space
#Luna2
#SovietCosmonautics
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🚀 What myths about space exploration are still valid? Where has space romance gone? When should we wait for the Russian Ilon Musk?
🪐 We talked about it in the new issue of the Russian House Podcast with Mikhail Kotov — science journalist, popularizer of cosmonautics, author of the telegram channel "Contact of Ascent" (https://t.iss.one/space7812) and development director of the Summer Space School (https://space-school.org/).
"Modern space is much less about exploring other planets and much more about the benefits it can bring to people," Kotov notes.
👩‍🚀 See more in the video!

#Rossotrudnichestvo #RussianHouse #RussianHousePodcast #Space #spaceexploration