'''Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin''' (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин, ''Jurij Alekseevič Gagarin''; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human in space and the first human to orbit the Earth.

Early life

Yuri Gagarin was born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, a region w...(continue reading)