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1 rubel 1981/1988 USSR/Rusia CuNi proof coin – Gagarin’s Spaceflight

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1 rubel proof coin
Cu Ni
quality proof;
diameter 31,00 mm
weight 12,80 g.
Date of issue: 1988

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1 rubel 1981 USSR/Rusia CuNi proof coin – Gagarin’s Spaceflight

20th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s Spaceflight

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин; IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation’s highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed. The Yuri Gagarin Medal is awarded in his honor.