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Yuri Gagarin
Deceased

How Did Yuri Gagarin Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 34
Also known asYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин, Youri Alexeïevitch Gagarine, Juri Alexejewitsch Gagarin, Jurij Alekseevič Gagarin, Youri Gagarine, Ю. ГагаринGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn09/03/1934Born inKlushino, Soviet UnionDied27/03/1968 (aged 34)Died inNovosyolovoCauseaircraft crashWikidataQ7327 ↗Buried atKremlin Wall NecropolisTMDb#1114951 ↗

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. The flight took 108 minutes.

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Filmography20 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022The Century of IconsSeriesSelf (archive footage)88
2022On a grandi ensembleMovie—88
2020History 101SeriesSelf (archive footage)86
2020The Longest VoyageMovieSelf - Cosmonaut (archive footage)86
2020Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the IceMovieSelf - Cosmonaut (archive footage)86
2019Moon: The Battles of SpaceMovieSelf - Cosmonaut (archive footage)85
2019Chasing the MoonSeriesSelf85
2015The End of a Beautiful EpochMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)81
2011Året var 1961MovieSelf (archive footage)77
2011Destination TitanMovieSelf (archive footage)77
2005Conquering Space: The Moon and BeyondMovieSelf - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage)71
2002Dark Side of the MoonMovieSelf (archive footage)68
1996Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2MovieSelf (archive footage)62
1993The Last Soviet CitizenMovieSelf (Archive footage)59
1991Gagarin, I Loved YouMovie(archive footage)57
1971Our GagarinMovieSelf (archive footage)37
1963La RabbiaMovieSelf (archive footage)29
1963Welcome, Yuri Gagarin!MovieSelf (archive footage)29
1961Man Comes Back from SpaceMovieSelf27
1961Visita de Yuri Gagarin à UNE, em 1961MovieHimself27