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Today, Yuri Gagarin would have turned 90 years old. On the birthday of the great cosmonaut, we share interesting facts about the first human space flight 👇 👟 Before boarding the Vostok-1 spacecraft for the first time, Yuri Gagarin took off his shoes, as this is how one should enter a house according to custom; 🗣️ Gagarin's famous phrase "Let's go!" was not pre-planned. The word is now repeated in every language of the world without translation; 🚀 Yuri Gagarin's height is 1.57 metres, which was a very important parameter for being in the small cabin of the Vostok-1 spacecraft; 🌏 The flight lasted 108 minutes - during this time Vostok-1 travelled 41 thousand kilometres, completely circling the Earth. Yuri Gagarin made a huge contribution to the development of science and humanity, popularisation of cosmonautics and helped raise the country's image in the international arena. Russian text by @rossotrudnichestvo