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Russian cosmonauts: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Russian cosmonauts
Alexei LeonovAlexei Leonov was born on the 30th of May 1934 in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai. His grandfather had been forced to relocate to Siberia for his role in the…
Valentina TereshkovaValentina Tereshkova was born on the 6th of March 1937 in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village along the Volga River. Her father Vladimir died in the…
Yuri GagarinOn the 18th of October 1941, Nazi forces captured the village of Klushino. The occupiers burned down the local school and twenty-seven houses in a single day.
Valeri PolyakovValeri Vladimirovich Polyakov was born in the city of Tula on the 27th of April 1942. He entered the world under the name Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov before…