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# The Handsome Yuri Gagarin: One of Moscow's Finest Monuments and Among the Most Beautiful Space Monuments in the World
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/krasavets-iurii-gagarin-odin-iz-luchshikh-pamiatnikov-moskvy-i-samykh-krasivykh-kosmicheskikh-monumentov-v-mire/
- Published: 2024-04-12T16:16:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:03.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Art, Moscow, Heritage

The work of the sculptor Pavel Bondarenko, with the architects Yakov Belopolsky and Fyodor Gazhevsky. The monument stands 42 metres high and was erected in 1980 for the Moscow Olympics.

Gagarin is made of a special titanium alloy.