Krushchev Welcomes Titov
Moscow, USSR: major Gherman Titov (right) chats happily to Mr. Krushchev as they walk across the tarmac at Vnukovo Airport here today, after Russia's second spaceman received a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of thousands of Russians.
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Major Yuri Gagarin Getting a Kiss from Gina Lollobrigida
Major Yuri Gagarin, the world's first spaceman getting a kiss from Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian film star, at a reception held recently for the participants in the film festival in Moscow. (Fotokhronica TASS)
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N. S. Khrushchov, Yuri Gagarin and His Wife Valentina
The flower-bedecked car drives Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers N. S. Khrushchov, space pilot Yuri Gagarin and his wife Valentina through the streets of Moscow towards the Red Square.
Photo by V. Bliokh
V. Bliokh
Russian Racehorse Garnyr Winning a Race in Moscow
"Russia's Finest"
The Russian racehorse Garnyr —which means Garnish— which finished sixth in the American Laurel Park International race on November 11th, 1958, is seen in this picture on the right winning a race in Moscow.
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Spaceman's Day of Glory
Moscow: Left to right: Tamara Titov, Major Gherman Titov, Major Yuri Gagarin, and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Krushchev acknowledge the frenzied cheers of thousands of Muscovites assembled in Moscow's Red Square to greet the arrival of Major Tito...
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Spacemen Nikolayev's and Popovich's Kinfolk
Spacemen's Kinfolk:
Moscow, USSR: Pictured in Moscow today are from left to right, Cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayaev's mother Anna Alexeevna: Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich's father Rohan Porfirevich, his mother Feodosia Casyanovna, and his wife Maria Lavren...
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Two Spaceman Return to Earth
"Moscow Goes Mad
Two Spacemen Return to Earth"
The two Russian spacemen climbed safely out of their spaceships on Russian soil this morning, completing the most daring journey in all history. Their spaceships landed "precisely in the landing area....
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