Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Location: Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Completed: 1971

Sculptor: Evgeni Kouzmanov

Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc

Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Gabrovo, Bulgaria | Socialist monument | former Eastern Bloc

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