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After April 12, , Yury Gagarin became a true hero and superstar. Everyone in the Soviet Union was proud of him and people were happy to see him even just from afar.

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Contemporaries recall that he was very easy going. And he remained a shy and quiet person, always decent and honest and what a true Soviet man and Soviet officer should have been. Gagarin tenderly loved his wife Valentina who passed away in March and his two daughters: Elena which is now director of Moscow Kremlin Museums and Galina she became professor of economics.

Friends and colleagues recalled that Gagarin liked to have fun and laugh. Engineer Yevgeny Shilnikov working with Gagarin recalled that the first man in space had a favorite anecdote that he liked to tell in company. If using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active hyperlink to the original material.

Click here to find out more. Rare photos of Yury Gagarin in everyday life Lifestyle. Apr 12 The images of the first man in space in his cosmonaut suit have gone around the whole world. However, we still hardly know what this legendary man was like in real life. Archive photo.

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