GAGARIN, YURI. "Sovjet Union. Illustrated Monthly.No. 136, June 1961. " Special Issue dedicated to the astrounat Yuri Gagarin. J. V. Stalin, Pravda Printing Plant, Moscow, 1961. Soft, stapelbound, folio magazin (260 x 340 mm.) with coloured pictorial wrappers. Front cover with a portrait of Gagarin and a statement of Nikita Chrustjev, rear cover with a painting of a cosmic landscape by A. Sokolov from a description by Yuri Gagarin. This special issue is a highlight in the Soviet propaganda after having sent out Gagarin as the first man in space. It's an interesting, richly illustrated, historical description of the efforts for conquering the space emphasizing the that this was a victory for the Sovie Union and it's people. It has also a loose 4 page addition with a short translation into Swedish of different texts. A few small folds to corners, else fine quality. 56 pages.
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