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| Yuri Gagarin statue |
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| Yuri Gagarin statue |
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| Yuri Gagarin statue |
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| Yuri Gagarin statue |
One of the great national heros of the Soviet Union and now of Russia was Yuri Gagarin. After his 1961 space fight, he was greeted by thousands of cheering Muscovites in what was then called Kaluzhskoy Zastavy Square. Seven years later the square was renamed in his honor, and in 1980, a monument (shown below) was erected; a titanium statue of Gagarin standing at the top of a tall column.
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