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May 3, 1961
Preliminary Report analyzing the results of the Vostok flight of Yuriy Gagarin, prepared by the design bureau in charge of the flight, OKB-1, based in Kaliningrad north of Moscow.
April 26, 1961
Presidium (or Politburo) decree on publicity for the flight of Yuriy Gagarin.
April 13, 1961
Transcript of the State Commission’s interview with Yuriy Gagarin after his mission.
Full Report of Yury Gagarin to the State Commission after his mission, on April 13, 1961.
April 11, 1961
Transcribed notes dictated by Nikita Khrushchev while at Pitsunda on the eve of Gagarin’s flight, on April 11, 1961.
April 3, 1961
Final Presidium (or Politburo) decree, entitled “On the Launch of a Space Satellite-Ship,” approving the launch of a spaceship with a human on board.
January 25, 1961
Results of examinations held with the core group of cosmonaut trainees at the Cosmonaut Training Center.
September 27, 1960
Brief service and political character references for the core group of six cosmonauts training for the first human spaceflight.
September 10, 1960
Formal proposal to Central Committee from a group of industrial leaders, military officials, scientists, and designers to carry out the first human spaceflight by December 1960.
August 3, 1960
USSR Council of Ministers Decree entitled “The Preparation of a Manned Spaceflight,” approved full-on preparations for a human spaceflight.