I looked around, but I didn’t see any God or angels, only mountains and people. This is a classic quote from former Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to the ground control center in the space capsule.

Yuri Alexeevich Gagarin (Ю?рий Алексе?евич Гага?рин, March 9, 1934 - March 27, 1968), Soviet astronaut , hero of the Soviet Union, colonel pilot of the Soviet Red Army, was the first human being to enter space and the first person to see the entire earth from space.

Gagarin was born in a family of collective farm members in the town of Klusino, Gzadsk District, Smolensk Region, Soviet Union. He is a Belarusian. ? Joined the army after graduating from Saratov Industrial Technical School in 1955.

In 1957, he graduated from the First Military Aviation Pilot School in Chkalov and became a fighter pilot of the Red Flag Northern Fleet Aviation. In the same year, he married Valentina. In 1960, he was selected as an astronaut and joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He died in a plane crash on March 27, 1968 at the age of 34, but the specific cause of death is still unclear. ?

On April 12, 2016, Uglegorsk, Russia, held an event commemorating the 55th anniversary of the world's first manned space flight completed by Yuri Gagarin.

In 1951, he graduated with honors from Lyubertsi Vocational High School, became a trained metallurgical worker, and continued his studies at the Saratov Industrial Technical School. Gagarin's pilot career began in Saratov. He joined the Saratov Aviation Club and learned to fly in his spare time.

After graduating from the Industrial Technical School with honors in 1955, he entered aviation school and began to learn flying at the Orenburg Aviation Military School. In 1957, he joined the Soviet Army and became a fighter in the Soviet North Sea Fleet Aviation Corps. Pilot, married Valentina in the same year. This was a glorious year in his life.