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Fifty years on: the cult of Yuri Gagarin
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On April 12, 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space by orbiting the earth in his spaceship, Vostok 1. Since then he has acquired saint-like status in Russia, where his famously smiling face can be seen on everything from restaurant walls to stamps.
In pictures: Fifty years after he became the first man in
space, Russians are still in awe of Yuri Gagarin