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.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
