Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin

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Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin; Colonel, Red Air Force; born March 9, 1934, Gzhast Rayon, Smolsensk Oblast; died March 27, 1968 in a crash of a jet trainer; was married, two children. Attended Air School in Orenburg, Zhukovskiy Air Force Engineering Academy, and became a cosmonaut in 1960. He was the pilot of Vostok 1 (first man in Space), and backup pilot for Soyuz 1.