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April 12th, The Cosmonautics Day in Russia
The Cosmonautics Day is an international celebration of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin; in Russia (and formerly in USSR).
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in space.
The holiday was founded in 1962 by the official decree of the Soviet government.
Since 1968 the national Russian Cosmonautics Day gained international recognition.
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