Monument to the Conquerors of Space
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The monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected in Moscow in 1964 to commemorate the achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration.
In March 1958, a few months after the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, a competition was announced for the best project of the obelisk in honor of the discovery of the space age of mankind. From more than 350 proposals, the project of sculptor A. P. Faydysh-Krandievsky, architects A. N. Kolchin and M. O. Barshch was chosen. The grand opening of the monument took place on October 4, 1964, the seventh anniversary of the launch of the first satellite.
In the stylobate of the monument in 1981, the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics was opened. On April 11, 2009, the grand opening of the Museum of Cosmonautics after reconstruction took place.
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The space age for humanity began on October 4, 1957, when the first artificial satellite was launched in the Soviet Union. Thanks …
