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🇷🇺 11 апреля на александрийском кладбище Шатби был организован субботник, направленный на поддержание памятников и исторических мест, связанных с российским соотечественниками

🤝 В мероприятии приняли участие сотрудники Генерального консульства России в Александрии, представители Русского дома в Александрии, а также члены движения «Волонтёры Победы» в Александрии.

🧹 В ходе субботника была проведена уборка территории, очищены захоронения от мусора и пыли, приведены в порядок могилы русских соотечественников, покоящихся на кладбище Шатби.

🪦 Участники субботника также провели уборку на захоронениях Александра Петрова, последнего консула Российской империи в Александрии, и Ивана Умова, последнего вице-консула Российской империи в Александрии.

🕊️ Проведение акции стало важной частью работы по сохранению исторической памяти и культурного наследия, связанного с жизнью и деятельностью российских соотечественников в Египте.

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🌍 Наша страна открыла для человечества космическую эпоху, многие десятилетия является лидером, в том числе в области пилотируемых полётов, всегда выступала за конструктивное международное взаимодействие в области освоения околоземного пространства и изучения вселенной.

За прошедшие годы десятки иностранных космонавтов стали участниками советских и российских экспедиций.

Важнейшую роль в развитии международного взаимодействия сыграла программа «Интеркосмос», инициированная в 1967 году. В неё входили 9 стран (Болгария, Венгрия, ГДР, Куба, Монголия, Польша, Чехословакия, Румыния и Советский Союз). В рамках программы проводились совместные научные исследования, запускались специализированные спутники, а с 1978 года началась реализация пилотируемых полётов с участием иностранных космонавтов.

🇷🇺 Россия не только на словах, но и на деле выступает за развитие международного сотрудничества в космосе, участвует в совместных проектах и поддерживает принципы равноправного взаимодействия государств в исследовании и использовании космического пространства.

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Мир помнит подвиг Юрия Алексеевича Гагарина и невероятное достижение советского народа.

📹 К 65-летию первого полёта человека в космос свои поздравления направили иностранные космонавты-участники советских и российских космических миссий.

🇧🇬 Георгий Иванов — Союз-33, 1979
🇭🇺 Берталан Фаркаш — Союз-36, 1980
🇻🇳 Фам Туан — Союз-37, 1980
🇨🇺 Арнальдо Тамайо Мендес — Союз-38, 1980
🇲🇳 Жугдэрдэмидийн Гуррагча — Союз-39, 1981
🇦🇹 Франц Фибёк — Союз ТМ-13, 1991
🇸🇰 Иван Белла — Союз ТМ-29, 1999
🇧🇷 Маркус Понтис — Союз ТМА-8, 2006
🇰🇿 Айдын Аимбетов — Союз ТМА-18М, 2015

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🇷🇺 Embassy of Russia in Israel:

☦️ Today, on Holy Saturday, Orthodox pilgrims traditionally flock to Jerusalem to witness the ceremony of the descent of the Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

The earliest description of the Holy Fire service in Russian literature was left by Abbot Daniel, who visited the holy sites in 1106–1107.

In the XIX century, with the establishment of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, the participation of Russian pilgrims became more organized. The Society was supported by Russian diplomacy — the Consulate General of the Russian Empire in Jerusalem was involved in facilitating the arrival and accommodation of pilgrims and their access to the holy sites.

Since the early 2000s, a stable tradition has formed of the official transport of the Holy Fire to Moscow by representatives of the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called. There, it is brought to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour during the Paschal service of the Patriarch and then distributed throughout the country.

In the context of a complex military-political situation in the Middle East, the organization of such pilgrimages requires continuous close coordination between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Israeli authorities as well as church structures.
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6️⃣5️⃣ years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic space feat!

🚀 On April 12, 1961, the Vostok launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This momentous event marked the culmination of the efforts of millions of Soviet citizens – design engineers, scientists, military pilots, doctors, specialists across a wide range of fields, and entire branches of industry. Inside the cramped cabin of the crewed spacecraft was Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin.

At 9:07 am, the four metal arms holding the 287-tonne rocket retracted, and Vostok began its lift-off. It was at that very moment that Gagarin’s famous #POYEKHALI!” (*Let’s go!) rang out over the radio.

At 9:12 am, the spacecraft separated from the launch vehicle and entered the Earth's orbit. Its speed reached 28,260 kilometres per hour – nearly 8 kilometres per second. Never before had a human travelled so fast.

🎙 Just as the spacecraft reached Earth's orbit, Yuri Levitan – the USSR’s iconic radio announcer – solemnly declared to the world:

This is Moscow speaking! The time in Moscow is 10:02 am. We are broadcasting a TASS report on the first human flight into outer space.

On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union launched into orbit around the Earth the world’s first spacecraft-satellite, Vostok, with a man on board.

The pilot-cosmonaut is a citizen of the USSR, Air Force Major Yuri Gagarin (the extraordinary rank was conferred by Order No. 77 of the USSR Minister of Defence, dated April 12, 1961).


While in orbit, Gagarin recorded his observations and transmitted them back to Earth. Before him lay the planet as no one had ever seen it before: the curve of the horizon, the luminous blue edge of the atmosphere, coastlines, mountain ranges, vast landmasses – all set against the bottomless black void of space.

Almost 90 minutes into the flight, the spacecraft began its descent. At that moment, a highly dangerous emergency arose: the descent module failed to separate immediately from the equipment module. However, as the spacecraft re-entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, the connecting cables between the two sections burned through due to friction, and the descent continued.

At 10:42 am, at an altitude of 7 km, the cosmonaut ejected.

At 10:53 am, Yuri Gagarin landed safely in a field near the city of Engels, around 4 km from the present-day bank of the Volga.

On April 14, 1961, by Decree No. 251/22 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, together with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

Two days later, the people of Moscow welcomed the space traveller to the Soviet capital with flowers and celebratory banners. By the end of April, Earth’s first cosmonaut embarked on an international tour to share what he had witnessed with people around the world. In the two years following this historic event, Yuri Gagarin visited more than 30 countries, where he was honoured as a true hero. The tour became unofficially known as the “Mission of Peace”.

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1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ minutes of Yuri Gagarin's flight changed the course of world history.

Just 16 years after the most devastating and bloodiest war in human history, the Soviet people achieved what had only recently seemed impossible – opening the way to space for all humankind.

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💬 As President Vladimir Putin noted in his message to the participants in the first Russian Space Forum on April 9, 2026:

Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight became one of the great events of the 20th century and opened a new era in the history of human civilisation.

We are sincerely proud of several generations of talented scientists, designers, cosmonauts, military personnel and civilian specialists who stood at the origins of the national space programme and wrote bright, heroic pages in the chronicle of its victories and achievements.


🇺🇳 Since 2011, April 12 has been observed as the International Day of Human Space Flight, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly under resolution A/RES/65/271 in honour of Yuri Gagarin’s legendary mission.

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