1. At 17, I applied to University 2. I got a place at Manchester to study Engineering 3. In fact I was awarded a scholarship. 4. But at the end of the first year I changed to another subject. 5. I graduated from university in 1988. 6. I have a first class honours degree in Economics. 7. I decided to stay on at University. 8. So I did a higher degree in business administration at the University of California. 8. I found the topic so interesting that I applied for a grant to do a doctorate on the same subject. 9. Once I had got the money, I had to write a 50,000 word thesis. 10. All I need now is a job.
Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin was born (March 9, 1934, Klushino, Gzhatsky (now Gagarin) district, Western region, USSR - March 27, 1968, near the village of Novosyolovo, Kirzhachsky district, Vladimir region, USSR) - USSR pilot-cosmonaut number 1, Hero of the Soviet Union, a chevalier of the highest insignia of a number of states, an honorary citizen of many Russian and foreign cities. April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first person in world history to fly to outer space. The launch vehicle Vostok with the Vostok-1 spacecraft carrying Gagarin was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. After 108 minutes of flight, Gagarin landed successfully in the Saratov region, not far from the city of Engels. Starting from April 12, 1962, the day of Gagarin's flight into space was declared a holiday - the Day of Astronautics.
2. I got a place at Manchester to study Engineering
3. In fact I was awarded a scholarship.
4. But at the end of the first year I changed to another subject.
5. I graduated from university in 1988.
6. I have a first class honours degree in Economics.
7. I decided to stay on at University.
8. So I did a higher degree in business administration at the University of California.
8. I found the topic so interesting that I applied for a grant to do a doctorate on the same subject.
9. Once I had got the money, I had to write a 50,000 word thesis.
10. All I need now is a job.
April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first person in world history to fly to outer space. The launch vehicle Vostok with the Vostok-1 spacecraft carrying Gagarin was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. After 108 minutes of flight, Gagarin landed successfully in the Saratov region, not far from the city of Engels. Starting from April 12, 1962, the day of Gagarin's flight into space was declared a holiday - the Day of Astronautics.