I grew up in Kiev, and went to a primary school named for Yuri Gagarin. In most ways, it didn't really matter (any more than the eponym of any elementary schoo

I grew up in Kiev, and went to a primary school named for Yuri Gagarin. In most ways, it didn't really matter (any more than the eponym of any elementary school does); but for what it's worth, yeah, it was pretty cool to once in a while reflect on the grandness of space travel, and to have your school named for a cosmonaut rather than, say, a politician.