Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev12 April 1961
Yuri Gagarin completes the first human orbital spaceflight, a major Soviet achievement under Khruschev.
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Yuri Gagarin completes the first human orbital spaceflight, a major Soviet achievement under Khruschev.
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