Mental pictures of the first cosmonauts

Day of Astronautics devoted!
First pictures of the future cosmonauts were made at the request of N.S.Hruschёva in March 1961. Of course, then all those shooting were secret. Because the secret was all - missiles, spacecraft, space suit, and even the word "astronaut". It simply did not say.
Fortunately, all of these photos survived.




The Center Boris A. went straight from school at the age of 17 years. He participated in the preparation of the flight of Yuri Gagarin, and many other subsequent flights, the first cosmonauts taught the skills of filming, was closely associated with them and their families. It Boris Smirnov was the author of photographs and historical film material of our people in space and that they were in daily life.
Irina Solovyova - understudy Valentina Tereshkova.



German Titov with his wife Tamara read Pushkin. 1961.



Yuri Gagarin. April 16, 1961.



Movie Camera was an important attribute of the first cosmonauts leisure. Vladimir Komarov and Alexei Leonov.



Vladimir Komarov was an enthusiastic philatelist. At home with his son Eugene. 1964.



Pavel Popovich with his daughter Natasha. Then even girls addicted missiles. 1962.



Gagarin with his wife and eldest daughter of the house. April 1961



Gagarin with his daughter. April 1961



Yuri Gagarin and Andrian Nikolayev with the composer and performers Mosconcert Pakhmutova. 1963.



Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich. Medicine "committed atrocities" before spaceflight. Even I had to sleep with sensors that "read" the dreams of astronauts. 1963



Valentina Tereshkova in training in a spaceship "Vostok".



Valentina Tereshkova. With this suitcase in the morning, she will fly to the launch site. On the lid of the suitcase tie uniforms, and on the back of the chair - a military shirt with epaulets second lieutenant. It is not yet decided whether or not mentioned in the TASS report that she was an Air Force officer.



Valentina Tereshkova. Cosmonaut - male profession. It is necessary to develop and male hobbies.



Alexei Leonov before the flight into space every week released wall newspaper 1st cosmonaut corps "Neptune."



Alexei Leonov at the Chkalovsky airport before the flight training on the MiG-15.



Amateur Choir Star City. Sings cosmonaut Pavel Popovich.



Cleaning up around the house in which they lived. Men in a year or two will be the heroes - Khrunov, Popovich, Nikolayev. Spring 1962.



Andrian Nikolayev and Valentina Tereshkova. After the wedding, they did not leave anywhere, ever.



Valentina Tereshkova fitting suit. 1963.



Junior lieutenant Tereshkova. The first photograph in uniform.

All my life photographer Boris Smirnov remains true to the theme of space. He is making a documentary about rocketry, the Baikonur cosmodrome and cosmonaut, was the main operator of the movie about the Soviet-American space program "Soyuz" - "Apollo". Work on the film, Boris A. combines with teaching for many years, he has taught at VGIK.



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