GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Soviet cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space, travelling on Vostok 1, 12^th April 1961. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 7 photograph of the cosmonaut in a head and shoulders pose wearing a white uniform and various medals. Signed by Gagarin in blue fountain pen ink to the lower white border with an inscription in Cyrillic to Ivan Stepanovich Slitsky and dated 3rd October 1963. Some light age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG