First Cosmonaut Visual Essays

Photos from the Flight of Gagarin

Korolev, Tereshkova and Gagarin Iu. A. Gagarin Gagarin Climbing into the Space Capsule Grandmother and Granddaughter who spotted Gagarin's landing. Gagarin after his Flight

Iurii Gagarin, Son of Russia

Thanks to John McCannon, Long Island University, for these examples of the folk art commemorating Gagarin's flight. These lacquer boxes made in the famous village of Palekh were among the countless examples of state-inspired but popular expressions of pride in the Russian cosmonaut.

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1961

Anti-Parasite Law Bratsk Bulat Okudzhava Corn Campaign Fight Against Superstition First Cosmonaut Khrushchev on the Arts The Khrushchev Slums Moral Code of the Builder of Communism Novocherkassk Massacre Thaw Poets