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Yuri Gagarin

Politician · born March 9, 1934 · died 1968

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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~27Received the Order of the Southern Cross1961
  2. 27Named Hero of the Soviet UnionApril 14, 1961
  3. 27Received the Order of LeninApril 14, 1961
  4. 27Received the Gold Star medalApril 14, 1961
  5. 29Received the Order of Karl MarxOctober 22, 1963
  6. 31Received the Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"May 9, 1965

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