Which famous Soviet cosmonaut was born in the Smolensk Oblast?
Yuri Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova
Alexei Leonov
Gherman Titov
Answer
Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space, was born in the Smolensk Oblast in 1934. He became a national hero and a symbol of Soviet space achievements.
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