The cosmonaut who couldn't stop smiling the life and legend of Yuri Gagarin
"'Let's go!' With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit. The twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel departed for the stars from within the shadowy world of the Soviet military-ind...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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DeKalb, IL
2014
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| Series: | NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv180h6n2 |
Table of Contents:
- Yuri Gagarin and the many faces of modern Russia
- A victor's congress baby
- The industrial boys
- The chief designer
- The flight that launched a thousand rumors
- Exegesis
- Homo sovieticus
- Sacred lies, profane truths
- Landscapes of Russianness, 1991-2011