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I wonder how the letter become publicly known?
by RecycledEle 4y ago
I wonder how the letter become publicly known?
- deelly 4y agoSceptic and cynic in me thinks that this is a part of the russian whitewashing company. I want to be wrong.
- bilqis 4y agoWhat whitewashing?
- dang 4y agoPlease keep nationalistic flamewar off HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. (I appreciate that wasn't your intent, but we have to go by likely effects.) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- deelly 4y agoThank you for your time. Appreciate your honesty.
- jrumbut 4y agoAccording to this random website, the letter was opened in 1968 on the actual event of Gagarin's death and declassified in 2011 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his flight. https://www.space-collectibles.com/blog/youri-gagarin-s-letter-to-his-wife-valentina.amp https://www.space-collectibles.com/blog/youri-gagarin-s-lett...
- lysozyme 4y agoThe translation of the Gagarin’s letter in this article, which explains that it’s “translated by Yves Gauthier … author of a magnificent biography in French on Youri Gagarine” reads better than the translation in TFA, in my opinion