J. A. Gagarin's trip to the Orenburg region

June 1-6, 1961. USSR. Orenburg. Former pilot instructor Yadgar Shakirovich Akbulatov, the world's first cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin and former squadron commander, civil air fleet pilot Vladimir Ivanovich Belikov (left to right) during a meeting at the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Boris Klipinitser/TASS