The statue depicts the Russian astronaut full-length, wearing his uniform and standing on the globe. The full peak of the monument is 3.5 m.
A monument to the primary man who flew into house – Yuri Gagarin was opened in London, the BBC reported. The statue depicts the Russian astronaut full-length, wearing his uniform and standing on the globe. The full peak of the monument is 3.5 m. It’s a present from the Russian house company Roscosmos to the British Council, which represents London exterior the nation.
Yuri Gagarin turned the primary man in house on April 12, 1961. His statue was unveiled within the British capital within the presence of many friends, together with Elena Gagarina, his daughter. Based on her, the well-known date is “a type of outstanding moments in historical past that unite all individuals in all nations and continents.” Gagarina is the director of the Kremlin museums.
Her father’s monument is positioned in entrance of Admiralty Arch, a big workplace constructing in London, whose construction resembles an arch. It was there that Gagarin met British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Among the many friends on the opening was Sergey Krikalev – the cosmonaut with the longest service – greater than 800 days exterior the Earth.
There is a similar statue in Lyubertsy, a small Russian city close to Moscow the place Gagarin educated to fly into house.
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