After his space orbit, Yuri Gagarin was no longer his own man. His first foreign visit in his capacity as citizen of the world was to Czechoslovakia on April 28, 1961. He traveled extensively thereafter, visiting a total of 30 countries.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankAfter his space orbit, Yuri Gagarin was no longer his own man. His first foreign visit in his capacity as citizen of the world was to Czechoslovakia on April 28, 1961. He traveled extensively thereafter, visiting a total of 30 countries. Photo: Yuri Gagarin meeting with Soviet top models, London, July 1961.
After his space orbit, Yuri Gagarin was no longer his own man. His first foreign visit in his capacity as citizen of the world was to Czechoslovakia on April 28, 1961. He traveled extensively thereafter, visiting a total of 30 countries. Photo: Yuri Gagarin meeting with Soviet top models, London, July 1961.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankInvited by the Amalgamated Foundry Workers Union, Gagarin arrived in the UK in July 1961 and was received by Queen Elisabeth II and Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. In a breach of protocol, the queen posed for a photograph with the Soviet cosmonaut.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin visiting London Tower; London, July 1961.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin visiting London Tower; London, July 1961.
Invited by the Amalgamated Foundry Workers Union, Gagarin arrived in the UK in July 1961 and was received by Queen Elisabeth II and Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. In a breach of protocol, the queen posed for a photograph with the Soviet cosmonaut.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin visiting London Tower; London, July 1961.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin visiting London Tower; London, July 1961.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankIn the space of just one year (1961), Yuri Gagarin visited Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Finland, the UK, Poland, Cuba, Brazil (with a stopover on Curacao), Canada (with a stopover in Iceland), Hungary, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Afghanistan.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin, President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba, and Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left to right) at a stadium during bank holiday celebrations in Havana on July 26, 1961.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin, President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba, and Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left to right) at a stadium during bank holiday celebrations in Havana on July 26, 1961.
In the space of just one year (1961), Yuri Gagarin visited Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Finland, the UK, Poland, Cuba, Brazil (with a stopover on Curacao), Canada (with a stopover in Iceland), Hungary, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Afghanistan.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin, President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba, and Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left to right) at a stadium during bank holiday celebrations in Havana on July 26, 1961.
Photo: Yuri Gagarin, President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba, and Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left to right) at a stadium during bank holiday celebrations in Havana on July 26, 1961.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Barashev / Go to the mediabankYuri Gagarin during a visit to Canada on August 5, 1961.
Yuri Gagarin during a visit to Canada on August 5, 1961.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Barashev / Go to the mediabankYuri Gagarin with glider-pilots in Delhi in November 1961.
Yuri Gagarin with glider-pilots in Delhi in November 1961.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Barashev / Go to the mediabankHero of the Soviet Union Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin visiting Greece; February 12, 1962.
Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin visiting Greece; February 12, 1962.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Barashev / Go to the mediabankHero of the Soviet Union Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin in Liberia, February 1962
Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin in Liberia, February 1962
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankPilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin and USSR Ambassador to Japan Nikolai Fedorenko (center) with Japanese friends, June 1, 1962.
Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuri Gagarin and USSR Ambassador to Japan Nikolai Fedorenko (center) with Japanese friends, June 1, 1962.
© RIA Novosti . Valery Shustov / Go to the mediabankCosmonaut Yuri Gagarin during VIII World Youth Festival in Helsinki; August 6, 1962.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin during VIII World Youth Festival in Helsinki; August 6, 1962.
Yuri Gagarin during a visit to France; September 18, 1963.