[DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Questions page 2183 - IN THE MINORITY - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] QUICK BIOS: Born near Gzhatsk in 1934; promoted to major in 1961 shortly 
before liftoff, just in case; died 1968  TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: The Little Minch,... [DOC] [TLE] Yury Gagarin  Russiapedia Space and aviation Prominent Russians [PAR] Yury Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near the town of Gzhatsk in the 
Smolensk Region on 9 March 1934. Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in 1968 in... [DOC] [TLE] The History Notes: Yuri Gagarin - The First Spaceman [PAR] May 31, 2011 ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the Smolensk region of the former Union of ... Yuri 
Gagarin (1934 - 1968) ... and received word that he had been promoted to the 
rank of major. ... Gagarin's last words before lift-off are quite remarkable - 
apparently he ... He was killed on a routine jet proficiency flight in March 1968. [DOC] [TLE] The Russian Icarus: How Gagarin Became Cosmonaut #1 | Russian ... [PAR] Feb 25, 2011 ... Kamanin was a not just any general  but a KGB general with a ... honor Hero of 
the Soviet Union in 1934, the year of Gagarin's birth. ... Major Kalin who ran a 
wooden shack that served as an improvised club. No one called it Baikonur. In 
1960 and 1961, as the cosmonauts shuttled back and forth from... [DOC] [TLE] Best of Russia --- Famous Russians --- Astronauts - TRISTARMEDIA [PAR] Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), flew into orbit aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I on 
12 April 1961, becoming the first man in space. ... him an international hero; 
While on board, received a word that he had been promoted to the rank of major. 
... Gagarin was chosen to fly aboard Vostok 1 just four days before the launch 
date. [DOC] [TLE] 1961: a space odyssey ~ Yuri Gagarin, the first man to leave and ... [PAR] Apr 12, 2011 ... He was born on March 9 1934 in a village near the town of Gzhatsk (now ... 
Beating an American launch into space, Sputnik 1 proved a major ... appearing 
before crowds not just in Moscow and elsewhere in the Soviet ... on March 27 
1968 Yuri was killed on a routine training flight along with his instructor. [DOC] [TLE] OOLAC - #CS1_Russian-language_sources_(ru) [PAR] Gagarin was examined by a team of doctors prior to his flight. ... On Baikonur 
Cosmodrome on the morning of April 11, 1961, the Vostok-K rocket, together ... 
This was the 24th Soviet space launch and the 16th involving a Luna/Vostok 
booster. ...... near Gzhatsk (renamed Gagarin in 1968 after his death), on 9 March 
1934. [DOC] [TLE] Timber Creek HS - Keller, TX - Infinity Math, Science and ... [PAR] Sep 19, 2012 ... Soon thereafter, space exploration turned its focus to .... the Soviet Union was a 
major influence on the pace .... After Gagarin's 1961 flight, space missions 
involving ...... In this case, instead ...... in July 1935, just a few months before his 
death, he .... December 1968 saw the launch of Apollo 8, the first. [DOC] [TLE] Angelo - Space Technology - Scribd [PAR] Space technology involves the launch vehicles that harness the principles of 
rocket ...... 1968 December 21NASA launches the Apollo 8 spacecraft. .... of 
Japan successfully launches the country's rst Earth resources satellite. just 
before it ...... 1934. Born in Cambridge. Glenn's ightan American rstlasted 4 
hours and... [DOC] [TLE] Venezuela - Main Forum - Forums of Pravda.Ru [PAR] Yury Gagarin was born March 9, 1934 in Klushino, a village in the Gzhatsk ... On 
April 12, 1961, Gagarin performed the first manned space flight in history ... 
Senior Lieutenant Gagarin was also promoted to major by order of the .... his 
diary in the spring of 1968 shortly before his death in a Mikoyan-Gurevich... [DOC] [TLE] Soviet space program | Voices from Russia [PAR] May 14, 2015 ... The case isn't closed, if we're talking about relations between .... Yuri 
Alekseyevich Gagarin was born 9 March 1934 in Gzhatsk ...

Question: Born near Gzhatsk in 1934; promoted to major in 1961 shortly before liftoff, just in case; died 1968
Answer: Yuri Gagarin