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The first person in space was supposed to be a Ukrainian

Yesterday, April 12, the world is celebrated in the International Day of Cosmonautics - it is connected with the flight of Gagarin on the ship "Vostok", but it did not have to fly.

There were really two candidates - except for the famous Gagarin is our Pavel Popovich. He, according to historical research, was to be the first.

The main requirement of the party - the first should fly Gagarin. Friendship friendship, and the championship in the scoop was to show a purebred Russian.

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