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Noun: Yuri Gagarin  'yoo-ree gu'ga(a)-rin
  1. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
    - Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Type of: astronaut, cosmonaut, spaceman, spacewoman

Encyclopedia: Yuri Gagarin