Book of verse, 1962
Item — Box: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 205, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Included in the book: Slava nebesnym brat'iam! Stikhi i pesni o sovetskikh kosmonavtakh [Glory to our heavenly brothers! Verse and songs of Soviet Cosmonauts]. Izdatel'stvo «Iskusstvo». Moskva. 1962.
Cover includes photographs of Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Pavel Popovich (the first four Soviets in space).
First edition, published the year after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space: ten poems (including work by Veronika Tushnova and Vera Inber) and four songs - 'Fourteen minutes to liftoff', 'The blue planet. March of the Soviet Cosmonauts' (written by Oleg Sokolov - Tobolsky, a Red Army officer, and first sung by the cosmonaut Pavel Popovich), 'Before the long road' by Matvey Blanter, and 'Cosmonauts' by Vano Muradeli - all written in praise of cosmonauts.
According to the publication details on the final page, the book was typeset and ready to print on August 21, 1962, less than a week after Popovich's Vostok 4 mission had landed back on Earth.
Cover includes photographs of Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Pavel Popovich (the first four Soviets in space).
First edition, published the year after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space: ten poems (including work by Veronika Tushnova and Vera Inber) and four songs - 'Fourteen minutes to liftoff', 'The blue planet. March of the Soviet Cosmonauts' (written by Oleg Sokolov - Tobolsky, a Red Army officer, and first sung by the cosmonaut Pavel Popovich), 'Before the long road' by Matvey Blanter, and 'Cosmonauts' by Vano Muradeli - all written in praise of cosmonauts.
According to the publication details on the final page, the book was typeset and ready to print on August 21, 1962, less than a week after Popovich's Vostok 4 mission had landed back on Earth.
Dates
- 1962
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Collection material is in English and Russian.
Access Information
The collection is open for research. Due to the nature of the material, an archivist must oversee use.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.312 Cubic Feet (One flat box)
Creator
- From the Collection: Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu