Yuri Gagarin Monument

The monument to Yuri Gagarin in Orenburg is installed on a granite pedestal 1.2 meters high, on which the inscription "GAGARIN" is placed in a script font. The bronze figure of the cosmonaut, about 3.8 meters high, symbolizes humanity's aspiration into outer space. The opening of the monument was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Behind the figure are two stainless steel pylons of different heights, and the author of the sculpture is Yu. L. Chernov.