Yelena Yurievna Gagarina (Russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Гага́рина; born 17 April 1959, Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR[1]) is a Soviet and Russian art historian. She is the General Director of the State historical and cultural Museum-reserve Moscow Kremlin Museums (since 2001), and the eldest daughter of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[2]
Yelena Gagarina | |
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Елена Юрьевна Гагарина | |
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Born | (1959-04-17) April 17, 1959 (age 63) Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | art historian |
Gagarina graduated from MSU Faculty of History; her specialty is the history of art. She has been a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO since 16 March 2005.[3][4]
In 2014, she signed a Collective appeal of cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.[5]
Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. She grew up in Zvyozdny gorodok, the space training facility known as Star City.[6] American immigrant Anna Gagarina is a granddaughter of Yuri's younger brother Boris, and so is the daughter of Yelena's cousin.[7]
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