INSTALLATION OF A BUST OF GAGARIN IN HERMANUS (South Africa)

image 6 November 2020
On November 5, 2020, in the west of the Republic of South Africa in the city of Hermanus, a solemn opening ceremony of the bronze bust of the first cosmonaut, man of the world Yuri Gagarin took place.

The event on the territory of the scientific center of the National Space Agency of South Africa (SANSA) was attended by representatives of the Russian Consulate General in Cape Town, the director of the SANSA scientific center Lee-Anne McKinnel, space industry specialists in South Africa, journalists and other guests.

This is the first monument to Gagarin in South Africa. The project was implemented with the participation of the International Charitable Foundation “Dialogue of Cultures - United World”.

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