Gagarin (disambiguation)
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The name Gagarin often refers to Yuri Gagarin
(1934-1968), the first man to travel in outer space.
Gagarin , or Gagarina (feminine; Гагарина), is a Russian surname derived from the word gagara, meaning loon
(a waterbird, genus Gavia) and may also refer to:
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Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961....
(1934-1968), the first man to travel in outer space.
Gagarin , or Gagarina (feminine; Гагарина), is a Russian surname derived from the word gagara, meaning loon
Loon
The loons or divers are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia...
(a waterbird, genus Gavia) and may also refer to:
People
- Gagarin familyGagarin familythumb|right|250px|The Gagarin Coat of ArmsGagarin is a Rurikid princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma.-Origins:...
, a Rurikid princely family - Anna LopukhinaAnna LopukhinaCountess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina was a mistress of Emperor Paul of Russia.She was the daughter of Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin, from one of the oldest families of Russian nobility, which owed its distinction to Eudoxia Lopukhina's marriage to Peter the Great and of which the unfortunate Natalia...
(1777-1805), née Anna Gagarina, mistress of Emperor Paul of Russia
- Nikolai GagarinNikolai GagarinNikolai Sergeevich GagarinPrince Nikolai Sergeevich Gagarin...
(1784-1842), Russian soldier and politician - Grigory GagarinGrigory GagarinPrince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator.-Noble youth:Grigory Gagarin was born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely Gagarin family. His father, Prince Grigory Ivanovich Gagarin , was a Russian diplomat in France and later the...
(1810-1893), Russian painter - Andrey GagarinAndrey GagarinPrince Andrey Petrovich Gagarin was a Russian prince of the Rurik dynasty and a professor of physics at Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University.-Background:As the son of Prince Peter Andreevich Gagarin Prince Andrey Petrovich Gagarin (Russian: Князь Андрей Петрович Гагарин, 9 July 1934 in...
(1855-1920), Russian prince, scientist, and inventor - Yuri GagarinYuri GagarinYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961....
(1934-1968), the first man to travel in space
Places
- Gagarin, Russia, a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, named after Yuri Gagarin, until 1968 named Gzhatsk
- Gagarin, ArmeniaGagarin, ArmeniaGagarin is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town was founded in 1955 and named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
, a town in Armenia - Gagarin, Uzbekistan, a town in Jizzakh ProvinceJizzakh ProvinceJizzakh Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the center of the country. It borders with Tajikstan to the south and south-east, Samarqand Province to the west, Navoiy Province to the north-west, Kazakhstan to the north, and Sirdaryo Province to the east. It covers an area of 20,500 km²...
, Uzbekistan
- Yuri Gagarin airport, NamibeNamibeNamibe is the capital city of Namibe Province in Angola. It is a coastal desert city located in southwestern Angola and was founded in 1840 by the Portuguese rulers of the territory. The city's current population is 132,900...
, Angola
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- Gagarin WayGagarin WayGagarin Way is a play by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke, named after a street in the West Fife village of Lumphinnans, on the edge of Cowdenbeath. The play documents the disappearance of socialism from an area where political radicalism was once a defining characteristic of the population...
, a 2001 play by Gregory Burke - Gagarin's StartGagarin's StartGagarin's Start is a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used for the Soviet space program and now managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency....
is a launch site at Baikonur CosmodromeBaikonur CosmodromeThe Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level... - Gagarin (crater)Gagarin (crater)Gagarin is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. To the southwest is the crater Pavlov and to the northeast lies Keeler. Closer to the rim are the craters Levi-Civita to the southwest, and Beijerinck to the north-northeast. Isaev lies...
, a far-side lunar crater, named after Yuri Gagarin - 1772 Gagarin1772 Gagarin1772 Gagarin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 6, 1968 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj.The asteroid is named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.- External links :*...
, an asteroid, named after Yuri Gagarin - Kosmonaut Yuri GagarinKosmonaut Yuri GagarinKosmonavt Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet space control-monitoring ship that was devoted to detecting and receiving satellite communications. Named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, she was completed in December 1971 to support the Soviet space program...
, a Soviet surveillance ship