Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin two days after landing (April 14, 1961)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Yuri Gagarin arrives to Vnukovo airport in Moscow, two days after his historic flight. Photo by Leonid Lazarev (April 14, 1961)
Welcoming ceremony for Yuri Gagarin in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Mastyukov (1961).
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Welcoming ceremony for Yuri Gagarin in Moscow, 1961.
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