Russian philanthropist

Continuing the theme of space. Yesterday, the New York auction house Sotheby's held a thematic auction dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight in near-Earth space. Top-lot auction was a capsule of the Soviet spacecraft "Vostok 3KA-2", which is directly in front of the flight of Yuri Gagarin traveled in space mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, and the dog Zvezdochka. Launching a ship 3KA-2 was carried out on March 25, 1961. After the end of the flight the lander with a dog-ispytatelnitsey successfully landed, and the dummy in accordance with the test program was catapulted. The launch was the final test of the spacecraft before flight Rights, held just a few weeks - April 12. In the 90 years the spacecraft mysteriously appeared abroad. However, then disappear without a trace, and much more valuable objects. At the last auction Russian comic relic of the head of the Investment Fund bought them. AS Popov, ex-CEO of "Svyazinvest" Evgeny Yurchenko. The spacecraft, which estimate ranged from 2 to 10 million. Dollars, went under the hammer for $ 2 89 million. Businessman going to return the relic to the domestic home. "I hope," East "will take its rightful place in one of the national museums of the history of the Russian space program," - said Mr. Yurchenko.