While falling over themselves to support Ukraine, a space industry conference has removed the name of celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin from its agenda.
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.
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.