Sochi is inextricably linked with the history of space exploration
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The tradition of planting the tree name, which laid the foundation astronaut in the world, continues to this day
Gagarin in Sochi. Photo: Yuri Abramochkin
In the resort after the first flight, improve their health, Yuri Gagarin, and then his comrades on the force. The tradition of planting the tree name, which laid the first cosmonaut in the world, continues to this day.
Evergreen handsome deodar on Gagarin Street in Sochi stretches to the sky. Just as I aspired to the first cosmonaut of the Earth. Yuri Gagarin and planted a tree May 15, 1961. Nutty alley was renamed in his honor, April 20, 1961. And when he arrived in Sochi to restore health after the flight, I decided to take part in its landscaping. Whose idea was it to put this tree is not known. But other options are likely not there: the call “Cedar” thundered the whole world on 12 April. Now Gagarin street has changed a lot, but the famous cedar continues to grow at the same place. According to the author’s site “Sochi ethnographer” Vladimir Kostinikova, not transplanted tree.
«On the same day, May 15, 1961, Yuri Gagarin has planted a magnolia in the park” Riviera “and thereby laid the Alley of Cosmonauts, where our 50 days growing trees. Among the old guides the conversation went that the distance between the planted trees was of some symbolic character – as if it is a multiple of the number of minutes spent Gagarin in space “, – says Vladimir Kostinikov
Now a growing” Magnolia Gagarin. “- The third. Astronauts of Musa Manarov Sergei Krikalev and landed her in August 1996. The first sapling “tore” as souvenirs …
Yuri Gagarin after the flight spent two weeks in Sochi. However, it has not relaxed then known German Titov, Andrian Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Komarov. They were placed in a sanatorium “Sochi”. Yuri Gagarin lived next door in a small house on the territory of the holiday homes Cjurupy name. The branch for the privileged, entitled “Yavein Dacha” stop “designer number 1″ Academician Sergei Korolev and his wife. If the rest of the cosmonauts were enjoying the sun and sea, the Yuri Gagarin was a rich program. Daily meetings, trips. Known to man at that time was not in the Soviet Union.
The writer, the author of the scientific and artistic novel “Heaven Gagarin” Vyacheslav Bucharsky claims that Yuri Gagarin of Sochi for a few days left to Bulgaria, returned May 27, 1961. The resort remained his family. The next day, 28 May, Yury, Valentina and eldest daughter Lena was on the Sochi beach. Then Gagarin became ill water-skiing. In his book, “The road to space” he wrote:
«It was in the morning, clean the south in the morning. The coolness was gone, the minute the sun, as they say, to succumb to the heat. And I went to stroll along the waterfront. It was then and took my introduction to water-skiing. ” According Bucharskogo, all the time remaining Gagarin spent water skiing. On the same evening, the Queen offered to include this sport in the training of astronauts. Later, Gagarin became the promoter of waterskiing among colleagues and social worker-the first coach in the Star City. It is said that Yuri Gagarin was fond of playing volleyball, the astronauts had their own team. Sochi arranged friendlies, invited local teams. It is said that as a part of one of them with the astronauts fought 11-year-old boy Vladimir Kondra, who later became a famous sport-
Change, the world champion and Olympic champion.
In Sochi cherish any mention of the first cosmonaut Iurie Gagarin. Writing in the guest book Ostrovsky Museum, which cosmonaut visited in spring 1961, it has become one of the main exhibits of the exhibition “The astronauts in Sochi.” The exhibition -. Lander, “Soyuz-9″ spaceship life support items astronauts, space suits and spacesuits, photos and documents about the rest of space explorers in Sochi
The 55th Day of Cosmonautics in Sochi visited twice Hero of Soviet Union Alexander Ivanchenko, Hero of the Soviet Union and Russian Sergei Krikalev, Heroes of the Soviet Union Alexander Laveykin and Musa Manar honored test cosmodrome “Baikonur” Major-General Vladimir Tomchuk. They continued the tradition and Gagarin on April 11 in the park “Riviera” at the Alley of Cosmonauts planted new trees. April 12 in the school number 100, an exhibition of photographs “Painting Creator” cosmonaut Hero of the Soviet Union and the Russian Sergei Krikalev.
And in the regional center held a youth campaign “Let’s go!” in the Art Museum. Kovalenko, an exhibition of “Luna 16»
. On Thursday, 14 April, will be held a solemn meeting of the council of the Krasnodar regional public organization “Federation of Cosmonautics of Kuban” and the young activists of the movement “Kuban and Astronautics».
The campaign “Let’s go.” Photo: Alexey Elin
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