While falling over themselves to support Ukraine, a space industry conference has removed the name of celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin from its agenda.
Yuri Gargarin was a farm boy that sabotaged nazi military equipment and then grew up to fly to space. You can watch him speak. He's clearly someone who was motivated by a desire to build a just and free world. His life accomplishments overshadow most people that have ever lived. Liberal performance will never change any of this.
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Edit: I would have to check, but I'm also pretty sure he's from Ukraine.
Out of curiosity (and also because Gargarin is insanely popular in all the former Soviet countries, including Ukraine, as he damn well should be) I looked it up, and he's from a small village called Klushino that's 200~km west of Moscow, so nowhere near Ukraine.
According to Wikipedia, in 1942 "Yuri sabotaged the soldier's work; he poured soil into the tank batteries gathered to be recharged and randomly mixed the different chemical supplies intended for the task."
Gagarin's family was forced to farm by the Nazis, though Yuri himself would apprentice as a steel worker after WW2 ended, and join the Soviet air force in 1955.
Yuri Gargarin was a farm boy that sabotaged nazi military equipment and then grew up to fly to space. You can watch him speak. He's clearly someone who was motivated by a desire to build a just and free world. His life accomplishments overshadow most people that have ever lived. Liberal performance will never change any of this.
:yuri: Edit: I would have to check, but I'm also pretty sure he's from Ukraine.
Out of curiosity (and also because Gargarin is insanely popular in all the former Soviet countries, including Ukraine, as he damn well should be) I looked it up, and he's from a small village called Klushino that's 200~km west of Moscow, so nowhere near Ukraine.
Thanks. Like I said, I wasn't sure.
Edit: Actually, I said I was pretty sure. Let's just say I wasn't absolutely sure.
Really? I've never heard of that. The guy was like nine years old when Smolensk oblast was liberated from Germans.
According to Wikipedia, in 1942 "Yuri sabotaged the soldier's work; he poured soil into the tank batteries gathered to be recharged and randomly mixed the different chemical supplies intended for the task."
Gagarin's family was forced to farm by the Nazis, though Yuri himself would apprentice as a steel worker after WW2 ended, and join the Soviet air force in 1955.
Maybe it's all Russian disinformation 👁, but what I heard was that he was literally doing sabotage at 8 years old.