Yelena Gagarina

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]

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Yurievna and the family name is Gagarina.
Yelena Gagarina
Елена Юрьевна Гагарина
Gagarina in 2014
Born (1959-04-17) April 17, 1959
Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
Occupationart historian

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

References
  1. Старт в космос из-за полярного круга
  2. Елена Гагарина — кремлёвская золушка
  3. Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 16 марта 2005 года
  4. Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 28 августа 2009 года
  5. Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму
  6. "Елена Гагарина: Я стараюсь работать так, как это умел отец". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  7. "The Family He Left Behind". Air / Space Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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