The Gagarin Heritage in the Museum Collections of Russia
The paper contains general information about unique museum collections from more than 100 Russian museums related to the preparation and implementation of the first human space flight, as well as to Yu.A. Gagarin and other key persons of Soviet cosmonautics’ life. Special attention is paid to the Perviy project which is the exhibition prepared by the Museum of Cosmonautics (Moscow) for the 60th anniversary of the first flight. The paper is based on a historical and biographical approach.