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Daria Garnik

Though it caters to mere Earthlings, a local cafe looks a bit like the interior of a space capsule.

A life-size cardboard model of Gagarin's training spacesuit—with a hole where the face would be—makes a perfect photo prop for fans.

Space-themed graffiti decorates a concrete fence on Gagarin Street in the Russian town of Gagarin.

The head of a local school, Gagarin resident Natalia Tabac stands inside a museum created to honour Yuri Gagarin after his famous flight.

Lyudmila Demina, who is the head of the Museum of the First Flight, sits in the museum's main exhibit area.

A mural featuring Yuri Gagarin brightens up the wall of a local school.

A sculpture of Yuri Gagarin sits on display at a local school.

Archival photographs of Yuri Gagarin hang in the school where Gagarin studied for two years.

Children sit in a classroom at a town school named after Yuri Gagarin.