Forty nine years ago on this day Yuri Gagarin died as a result of a plane crash. For each Soviet person he was a cult figure. And you couldn't know much facts about a cult person. Only dry official facts on his life was known to Soviet people. However life of this person had a lot more bright moments to learn about. This we going to explore here today.
So, to begin with Yuri Gagarin was born in a peasant family. His father was a carpenter, his mother was working on a dairy farm. There were three boys and a girl in a family. Yuri was the third youngest kid.
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September 1st, 1941 Yuri went to first grade of his local village school. October 12th same year the village was occupied by the Nazis. Yuri and his family were thrown out of their house and it was turned into a workshop. His family built a small dugout and lived there till the beginning of the winter.
His father was constantly beaten by German soldiers and he was forced to work. His elder brother Valentin and his sister Zoya were captured and sent to work as slaves to Germany. Yuri never spoke about this period of his life.
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