The stand of the Smolensk region was decorated with an address from Gagarin

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ST. PETERSBURG, June 5 . The stand of the Smolensk region at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was decorated with a screen on which the address of the virtual Yuri Gagarin was broadcast, including an invitation to this native region for him, the correspondent reports.
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum takes place from June 5 to 8. is the information partner of the forum.

«»I, Yuri Gagarin, welcome you to the exposition of my native Smolensk region at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. I experienced great happiness to be the first in space, to enter one-on-one an unprecedented duel with nature. Is it possible to dream of more? I wish you to be brave and decisive, to dream and strive for your dreams,” Gagarin addresses the forum visitors.
“Be sure to come to my homeland in the Smolensk region,” the virtual cosmonaut concludes his appeal.

The first person to fly into space, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, was born on March 9, 1934 in the village of Klushino, Gzhatsky (now Gagarinsky) district of the Western Region (now Smolensk Region).< br />