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Star squad

Everyone knows his name. Yury Gagarin, the first man in space. But there were 19 people more – the members of the first cosmonauts squad. What did they have to endure before the first human being flew into space? What happened to them afterwards? Find out the secrets of the Soviet space program and personal dramas of the star squad members. Only on RTDoc.

For Yury Gagarin's biography read our Russiapedia article.

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Published: 16 April 2012 00:00

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