Gagarin (disambiguation)
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The name Gagarin often refers to Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man to travel in outer space.
Gagarin (Russian: Гагарин), or Gagarina (feminine; Гагарина), is a Russian surname derived from the word gagara, meaning loon (a waterbird, genus Gavia) and may also refer to:
- People
- Gagarin family, a Rurikid princely family
- Anna Lopukhina (1777-1805), née Anna Gagarina, mistress of Emperor Paul of Russia
- Nikolai Gagarin (1784-1842), Russian soldier and politician
- Grigory Gagarin (1810-1893), Russian painter
- Andrey Gagarin (1855-1920), Russian prince, scientist, and inventor
- Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man to travel in space
- Places
- Gagarin, Russia, a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, named after Yuri Gagarin, until 1968 named Gzhatsk
- Gagarin, Armenia, a town in Armenia
- Gagarin, Uzbekistan, a town in Jizzakh Province, Uzbekistan
- Yuri Gagarin airport, Namibe, Angola
- Other
- Gagarin Way, a 2001 play by Gregory Burke
- Gagarin's Start is a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Gagarin (crater), a far-side lunar crater, named after Yuri Gagarin
- 1772 Gagarin, an asteroid, named after Yuri Gagarin
- Kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet surveillance ship
- Gagarin Cup, a Kontinental Hockey League trophy
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