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Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina

1935-12-15 – 2020-03-17

Portrait of Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina
The Italian soprano Renata Scotto is smiling. She is welcoming Yuri Gagarin and his wife Valentina Goryacheva in her dressing room. Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, September 1964.Credit: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers)

Life & Legacy

Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina (Russian: Валенти́на Ива́новна Гага́рина, née Goryacheva; December 15, 1935 – March 17, 2020) was the wife of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Occupation & Career

biochemist, writer, memoirist, nurse, laboratory technician

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Lenin; honorary citizen of Moscow Oblast

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

honorary citizen of Moscow Oblast · Order of Lenin

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q4131383 — wikidata View source

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