Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut in the world. Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was born on the 9th ofMarch, 1934. He was born in the village of Klushino in the Smolensk region. Yura was an active,brave and curious boy. His father was jack of all trades and he helped his son when Yura made toyplanes by hand. But the war began. Yuri Gagarin and his mother, father, brother and sister left theirhouse and had to live in a dug-out. After the war Gagarin’s family moved to Gzhatsk. Now it isGagarin. It was named after the first cosmonaut. In 1951 Gagarin graduated from a vocationalschool in Lyubertsy near Moscow.
In 1961 all people on the Earth learned about the first man in space,Yuri Gagarin.He circled the Earth in Vostok spaceship.Since that time the 22th of April has been celebrated in Russian as Space Day.In more than 40 years science has come a long way.Over 2.000 spaceships have been launched since the space era began.
