Tashkent, April 12 /TASS /. The solemn ceremony for the universe was held at Tashkent. The first flowers of Yuri Gagarin were entrusted by a member of the Russian Federation Advisor in Uzbekistan Andrei Lanchikov and the head of the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo at Tashkent Irina Staroselskaya
“On April 12, 1961, Yuri Aleksevich Gagarin made his first flight in history. This was ahead by a great difficult job of the whole country.
Irina Staroselskaya also made a welcome speech. “Thanks to our people, those who do not miss this event once and for many years will celebrate the ceremony here,” she said.
Gagarin's flight into the universe
April 12, 1961 at 09:07 Moscow's time from the 5th Soviet Department of Science and Research Pottery (as called Baikonur Cosmodrom), 8K72K launcher (later called Vostok), brought the eastern ship with Yuri Gagarin on the train.
“East” has done a circle around the Earth, the same day Gagarin returned to the ground. He launched the ship's downstream and landed with the help of an umbrella on the collective yard near the village of Smelovka, the Saratov area.
The first space flight highlighted the great interest in the world, and Gagarin himself turned into a world famous person. At the invitation of foreign governments and public organizations, he visited dozens of countries.