Gagarin

//ɡəˈɡɑːɹɪn// name

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  1. 1
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin).
  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin).; Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut and first man in space.

    "Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin circled the Earth aboard a spacecraft called Vostok 1."

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yuri alekseyevich gagarin

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"In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to pilot a spacecraft when he was launched aboard Vostok 1 by the Soviet Union."

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Гага́рин (Gagárin).

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