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Examines the extraordinary life of the first astronaut in space, Yuri Gagarin, from his early life to his first trip aboard a Russian spacecraft. Discover what the space race was and other developments happening at the time, the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown.

Surveys the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Elena Kozina discusses how she and her mother managed to survive after the Germans laid siege to Leningrad in 1941.

Examines the history of the space race between the USA and USSR, exploring how the advances in technology led to further advances in the way humans explored space.

The narrator, a Russian Jew, remembers the rare and amazing friend of his childhood, before the Nazi invasion of Russia separated them forever.

"Simple text and full-color illustrations describe the true story of Laika, the first dog in outer space"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transfomation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the life stories of the country's baby boomer generation, using interviews from men and women who graduated from high school in 1967 from two magnet secondary schools that offered intensive instruction in English.