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Awesome and very patriotic posters. In post-USSR countries every child knows who are Y. Gagarin, S. Korolev and V. Tereshkova. I think not only in post-USSR.

yareally 11y ago
I didn't know who Korolev was until I watched a series[1] the BBC did about him and his Western Counterpart, Wernher von Braun. I knew since I was a kid who Gagarin was of course, from being the first man in space, but I don't believe it was ever mentioned in history class while in school (I just happened to read a lot on my own). Sadly, we barely even touch on NASA astronauts in school in the United States anymore. I just happen to love history and had parents that also did. I live in Neil Armstrong's home state and if you're ever in Ohio, there's a pretty interesting (and free) museum in his home town about his life and the Apollo Missions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(TV_series) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Air_and_Space_Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Air_and_Space_Museum
- pavel_lishin 11y ago
  I don't remember ever learning about Gagarin in school, growing up in Russia. But I knew it none-the-less, because his statue always greeted me whenever I left my apartment. http://havecamerawilltravel.com/yuri-gagarin-monument-moscow http://havecamerawilltravel.com/yuri-gagarin-monument-moscow
  - eps 11y ago
    Growing up in Russia too, I call bullshit. That's just not possible. You learnt Lenin, then you learnt Gagarin.
    - pavel_lishin 11y ago
      Maybe I just don't remember it. I left when I was 10. Perhaps my teachers were just crap?
rimantas 11y ago
Those who were children during soviet times probably know. I doubt that many kids in post-USSR and not in Russia know.
chiph 11y ago
Song in praise of Valentina Tereshkova by Komputer, who are huge Kraftwerk fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fBpuPESps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fBpuPESps
- eps 11y ago
  Tereshkova was a forced achievement of the Soviet space program. She was indeed the first woman in space, but the flight went so infamously bad that it prompted Korolev to put in place a ban on any further women cosmonauts - ban that hold while he was alive and then almost some 20 years after.

yareally 11y ago

I didn't know who Korolev was until I watched a series[1] the BBC did about him and his Western Counterpart, Wernher von Braun. I knew since I was a kid who Gagarin was of course, from being the first man in space, but I don't believe it was ever mentioned in history class while in school (I just happened to read a lot on my own). Sadly, we barely even touch on NASA astronauts in school in the United States anymore. I just happen to love history and had parents that also did. I live in Neil Armstrong's home state and if you're ever in Ohio, there's a pretty interesting (and free) museum in his home town about his life and the Apollo Missions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(TV_series) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Air_and_Space_Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Air_and_Space_Museum

pavel_lishin 11y ago
I don't remember ever learning about Gagarin in school, growing up in Russia. But I knew it none-the-less, because his statue always greeted me whenever I left my apartment. http://havecamerawilltravel.com/yuri-gagarin-monument-moscow http://havecamerawilltravel.com/yuri-gagarin-monument-moscow
- eps 11y ago
  Growing up in Russia too, I call bullshit. That's just not possible. You learnt Lenin, then you learnt Gagarin.
  - pavel_lishin 11y ago
    Maybe I just don't remember it. I left when I was 10. Perhaps my teachers were just crap?

rimantas 11y ago

Those who were children during soviet times probably know. I doubt that many kids in post-USSR and not in Russia know.

chiph 11y ago

Song in praise of Valentina Tereshkova by Komputer, who are huge Kraftwerk fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fBpuPESps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fBpuPESps

eps 11y ago
Tereshkova was a forced achievement of the Soviet space program. She was indeed the first woman in space, but the flight went so infamously bad that it prompted Korolev to put in place a ban on any further women cosmonauts - ban that hold while he was alive and then almost some 20 years after.