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Redbubble
Tag archive for ‘Yuri Gagarin’
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Gagarin’s Baikonur
There’s a really nice photo essay of Baikonur by Anton Verstakov up, with great shots of the house where Gagarin stayed and even his bedroom among other things. It really is amazing how desolate Baikonur looks. Verstakov notes that the cosmodrome reminds him of Soviet times: For me it is a sort of a flashback, […]
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From Kazakhstan Into Space
From Kazakhstan into Space 50 Years Ago is a great account of Gagarin’s trip and has links to more great resources. I like the idea of celebrating Yuri’s Night
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First Orbit
First Orbit is a documentary on Yuri Gagarin’s flight by Christopher Riley. I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but from the first bit it looks really good. It includes family photos of Gagarin and audio of his flight as well as modern space imagery. It is an hour and a half […]
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RVS is Boring
According to Adil Nurmankov, the retro style restaurant that featured nostalgic Soviet chic, RVS, is now just a restaurant [RUS]. Once a magnet for tourists featuring Lenin’s portrait on the walls and quotes from Soviet documents, apparently now: in the halls, they have the same tables, but without the revolutionary menu. However, they do have […]
