Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin 

 (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Siviet Air force pilot

 and cosmonaut  who became the first human to journey 

into outer space , achieving a major milestone in the Space 

Race; his capsule , Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth 

on 12 April 1961.

On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base , Gagarin and flight instructor 

 Vladimir Seryogin when their MiG-15UTI crashed near

 the town of Kirzhach.

This photo card shows the monument dedicated 

to this crash at the place of the event. 

Soviet real photographic postcard , printed in 1976

Size : 144 mm by 94 mm

CONDITION :

Mint , please see picture.