The daughter of the first man in space came to Britain today to unveil a
statue in his honour – and revealed how Britons "astonished"
him during a visit 50 years ago.
Elena Gagarina was joined by Prince Michael of Kent as she inaugurated the
statue of pioneering Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin outside the British
Council's headquarters.
Ms Gagarina, who is the general director of Moscow's Kremlin Museums, said she
was "very proud" to unveil the statue exactly 50 years to the day
after Gagarin met the Queen as part of a visit to the UK in 1961.
She said: "I think that if my father knew about this he would be very
proud too.
"He was greatly impressed with the reception of people of the United
Kingdom he had in those days 50 years ago.
Категория:
V.I.P.
|
Просмотров:
785
|
Добавил:
Елена
|
Дата:
14.07.2011
|
A look inside Star City where Russian cosmonauts train to go into space - just as Yuri Gagarin did