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ЮРИЙ ГАГАРИН

Bibliographic Description

Юрий Гагарин / Данилкин, Л.А. – М. : Мол. гвардия, 2011. – (Жизнь замечательных людей. Вып. 1300). – ISBN 978-5-235-03440-2.

Author
Данилкин, Л.А.
Publisher
Мол. гвардия
Year of publication
2011
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

Surveys show that Yuri Gagarin is the chief hero of twentieth-century Russian history. It is all the more surprising that, over so many years, no adequate - frank, objective, and relevant to the present day - account of the first cosmonaut's life has been created in Russia. Lev Danilkin's "Yuri Gagarin" is an attempt at a "final," if that is possible, biography that closes all the gaps of the "red Icarus"; it is the most complete chronicle of his life to date - along with an exploration of what the myth of Gagarin and the idea of "Gagarin" represent. Interviews with eyewitnesses and a total review of Russian and foreign sources helped the author answer the most basic questions.

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