Yuri Gagarin Monument

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This heroic-looking statue of Yury Gagarin, first man in space, was erected in 2014 on what would have been Gagarin's 80th birthday to commemorate his landing in the steppe near Karaganda. A gleaming rocket behind him completes the set-up.

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