Gagarin speaks about his origins Гагарин о себе

English Translation below

Многие интересуются моей биографией. Как я читал в газете, нашлись несерьёзные люди в Соединённых Штатах Америки, дальние родственники князей Гагариных, которые считают, что я какой-то их потомственный родственник. Но могу их разочаровать. Я простой советский человек. Родился я 9 марта 1934 года в семье колхозника. Место рождения - Смоленская область, Гжатский район, село Клушино. В своей родословной никаких князей и знатного рода никого не знаю и никогда не слышал. Родители мои до революции крестьяне, бедняки. Старшее поколение - дедушка и бабушка - также были крестьянинами, бедняками.

Many are interested in my biography. As I read in a newspaper, there are unserious people in the U.S.A., distant relatives of the Gagarin princes, who consider that I am some kind of hereditary relation to them. Well, I have to disappoint them. I'm a simple Soviet person. I was born on March 9, 1934 to a collective farm family. Place of birth: Smolensk oblast, Gzhanski rayon, village of Klushino. In my genealogy there are no princes and I don't know and never heard of any notables. My parents were poor peasants before the Revolution. The older generation, grandfather and grandmother were also poor peasants.

audio file available at:
http://www.rgantd.ru/gag70_cd/data/audio.html

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[Vukadin1950]

Gagarin lepo govori o sebi.

Milina je slušati govor prvog kosmonauta.

[thecollector89]

I guess that's serbo-croatian. Google tells me that means:

"Gagarin speaks nicely of himself.

Pleased to listen to the speech of the first spaceman. "

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[netravidushu]

man, why does he always use the word "soviet".. translation is good!

[thecollector89]

Thank you! This was short and not too difficult. I had a much harder time with a longer speech I linked here.

There's a whole phrase I just can't understand.

It's interesting that you ask why he says "soviet." I thought it would be obvious. It's hard to answer in one of these little boxes! I think he felt a loyalty to the CCCP and to "communism," and wanted to stress that in the Soviet Union the son of poor peasants could become the first human in space.

[gloriavancouver]

He was a great guy, unassuming and friendly, a true Russian patriot.

[sambomando]

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