Yuri Gagarin: Flight to Glory, Flight to Death

The first man in outer space was the Soviet Union's very own Yury Gagarin. On April 12, 1961 he managed a successful flight, which lasted for 108 minutes. Gagarin and his famous charming smile became the symbol of the USSR. On March 27, 1968 the star of Gagarin disappeared from the sky... Find out more details on RT.

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[12TabulaRasa12]

one giant leap for mother russia

[irinisva]

I just love historical videos!

[grimofhell]

Who's the Air Force Major General at 13:20?? Please let me know, I would like to get my hands on that speech.

[landin048]

Good God, people, this is a tribute to the first man in space. Put a sock in it!!!

[iBeep2009]

REDARROWHEAD HAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER BEEN TO CUBA - WHAT UTTER CRAP! HALF THE KIDS HAVE MALNUTRITION-RELATED DISEASES.

[MsAlan1979]

Поехали!



[grimofhell]

@redarrowhead2 ....and your parents will obviously say that the USSR is horrible, who wouldn't? They invaded Ukraine and it was very bloody. I can relate this to the hispanoamerican war, when the US invaded my land of Puerto Rico, it was military occupation and a full workers & resource exploitation and ironically the people here think the Americans are good. In all, I like to compare the USSR with USA. Both have their good facts, but also very bad sides.

[grimofhell]

@redarrowhead2 Cuba doesn't have the problems a lot of people say it does. Cuba has the best medical staff along with medicine school and not to mention excellent philosophy and law schools. It's education along with health services are completely free of charge. People say that it's bad because people are poor, well since the US implanted the embargo there is very little to import & export and keep the economy stable. Venezuela, I can't speak of it, I dont know much of it.

[grimofhell]

@fulcrumize Adding to @fulcrumize reply. America isn't run by nazis. It is currently run by fascist corporate elites. Democracy was dead the moment it slept with capitalism. Personally I do believe most of the world wide terror can be traced back to the US and their CIA counterparts. If you look closely history is repeating itself. Empires trying to rule and it's people retaliating. It is a clash of perspectives and idealisms and they think socialism is bad because its capitalism's #1 enemy.