Yury alekseyevich gagarin (юю&# 769; иийалексе& amp； #769; евичгага& amp； #769; рин,1March 9, 934-1March 27, 968), the world's first astronaut, Soviet hero, Soviet astronaut, Soviet Red Army colonel pilot, was the first earthman to go into space.

. Gagarin was born in a collective farm family in Kerrouche, Satz District, Smolensk region, Soviet Union. He is from Belarus. 1955 saratov industrial technology school joined the army after graduation. 1957 graduated from the first military aviation pilot school in Chekalov and became an aviation fighter pilot of the Red Flag North Fleet. In the same year, he married valentina. 1960 was elected as an astronaut and joined the Soviet * * * production party.