Yuriy Oleksiyovich Gagarin March 9, 1934, Klushino, Gzhatsky District, now Smolensk Oblast, RFSR, USSR - March 27, 1968, near the village of Novoselovo, Kirzhatsky District, Vladimir Oblast, RFSR, USSR) — pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union (1961) , a knight of the highest insignia of a number of states, an honorary citizen of many cities in the world. Colonel of the Supreme Soviet of the SRSR (1963), 1st class military officer, Honored Master of Sports of the SRSR (1961), member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, deputy of the Supreme Council of the SRSR of the 6th and 7th cliques.
On the 12th of April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in world history to fly into outer space. The Vostok carrier rocket from the Vostok-1 spacecraft, with Gagarin on board, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. After 108 flights, Gagarin successfully landed in the Saratov region, not far from Engels. Beginning with the 12th quarter of 1962, the day of Gagarin's flight into space was the holiness of the saint.