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50 years anniversary of the first man in space

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin ( 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.

Transnistria 2011 50 years anniversary of the first man in space
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In the center - the national Emblem of the Dniester Moldavian Republic. The inscriptions along the rim: on the top – “ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК” (Trans-Dniester Republican Bank), at the bottom – “5 РУБЛЕЙ” (5 rubles). At the bottom under the Emblem - the year of issue “2011”, the metal, the alloy, the weight and the logo of the Mint
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In the center - a close-up image of the first astronaut Yuri Gagarin on the background of the colored Earth. From the left to the right – the inscription: “50 ЛЕТ ПОЛЕТУ ЧЕЛОВЕКА В КОСМОСЕ” (50 years of the First Man in Space). At the top on the right – the inscription: “Поехали!” (Let’s go!). On the right: the image of a spacecraft and an astronaut in the outer space against the background of stars with inserts of the two semiprecious stones.
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PMR183CM1
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€210
Mintage: 
250
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0.925
Weight: 
33.5g
Diameter: 
39mm
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