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Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including his country's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union.
Valentina Tereshkova
Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladimir Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967)
Gherman Titov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)
Valeri Polyakov
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)
Georgy Beregovoy
Soviet cosmonaut (1921-1995)
Sergei Krikalev
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
Soviet cosmonaut (1925-1970)
Valeri Kubasov
Soviet Cosmonaut (1935-2014)
Konstantin Feoktistov
Soviet cosmonaut
Georgy Grechko
Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2017)
Viktor Gorbatko
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2017)
Vladimir Shatalov
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladislav Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)
Boris Borisovich Yegorov
Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1994)
Vladimir Aksyonov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2024)
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971)
Igor Volk
Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017)
Viktor Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut (1933–1971)
Evgeniy Vasilievich Khrunov
Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2000)
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2010)
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Soviet cosmonaut
Anatoly Berezovoy
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)
Valery Ryumin
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1939–2022)
Musa Manarov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Afanasyev
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and military pilot
Toktar Aubakirov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yury Romanenko
Soviet cosmonaut (born 1944)
Leonid Kizim
Soviet cosmonaut (1941-2010)
Georgy Shonin
Soviet cosmonaut (1935-1997)
Aleksei Gubarev
Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2015)
Valeri Rozhdestvenski
Soviet cosmonaut (1939–2011)
Anatoly Filipchenko
Soviet cosmonaut (1928–2022)
Aleksandr Serebrov
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)
Vyacheslav Zudov
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2024)
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2003)
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladimir Lyakhov
Soviet cosmonaut (1941–2018)
Vasily Lazarev
Soviet cosmonaut (1928–1990)
Vladimir Kovalyonok
Soviet cosmonaut
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev
Soviet cosmonaut (1941-1999)
Aleksandr Viktorenko
Russian cosmonaut (1947–2023)
Vitaly Zholobov
Soviet cosmonaut and Ukrainian politician
Lev Dyomin
Soviet cosmonaut (1926–1998)
Boris Volynov
Soviet cosmonaut
Aleksei Yeliseyev
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladimir Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Nikolay Rukavishnikov
Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002)
Viktor Savinykh
Soviet cosmonaut
Gennadi Strekalov
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and Ashoka Chakra recipient (1940–2004)
Yury Artyukhin
Soviet cosmonaut (1930–1998)
Pyotr Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut
Yury Glazkov
Soviet cosmonaut (1939-2008)
Gennadi Sarafanov
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2005)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Vladimir Titov
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut