The Yuri Gagarin Statue
Yuri Gagarin has been warmly embraced by the people of Saratov. There is a statue to his memory at the head of the riverside promenade not far from the Slovakia Hotel. On the weekends you will find people congregate nearby and children are happily playing in the park and around his monument. So why is Gagarin so beloved here?
Saratov has one of the oldest and most respected universities in Russia, and one of Russia’s top aviation schools, Aviatsonii Tekhnikum. It was this institute that brought Yuri Gagarin to live and study here from 1951 to 1955 before he graduated and then went on to distinguish himself as the first human in space in 1961.
An obelisk was set up on the site near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region, where Gagarin landed after his historic flight.

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