Yuri Gagarin

His call sign was Kedr (Cedar Russian: Кедр). Elena Yurievna Gagarina Yuri's elder daughter is an art historian who has worked as the director-general of the Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001. Legacy and tributes


Legacy

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Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG 15 training jet he was piloting craYuri Gagarind. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин; IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow which was later named after him.