On August 6, 1961, all international media reported that the Soviet Union had sent the second cosmonaut to orbit the Earth. Gherman Titov’s mission had only just begun when enthusiastic reporters both in the Soviet Union and abroad started spreading the news of another Soviet citizen launched into space. They told the story of the heroic flight of Gherman Titov — and the name of the young cosmonaut became known all over the world.
In its special issue of August 6, 1961, the Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper published an article titled “Glorious Victory of the Soviet People” that quoted the TASS report on the Vostok 2 mission piloted by the Soviet citizen — major Gherman Titov. Moscow and the capitals of other Soviet republics celebrated this event with fireworks.
The same front-page story included an address of the Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev to the hero on the Earth’s orbit. After returning from space, Titov talked to the First Secretary of the Communist Party over the phone: Khrushchev asked him how he felt and how his wife Tamara had reacted to the flight and congratulated Titov on joining the Party and successfully fulfilling the complicated mission.
The triumphant celebration of the second cosmonaut in Red Square was also reported by all the top Soviet media. In particular, the Izvestia issue of August 9, 1961 was dedicated to this topic. The newspaper announced that Gherman Stepanovich Titov had been awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the Gold Star medal, and the title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.
This landmark event was also reported by the newspapers of Titov’s homeland. The Altai Youth and other regional newspapers published articles on the second cosmonaut’s mission. Since 1961, the Altai Truth newspaper has published information about the famous fellow countryman, his life, and visits to the homeland.
2011 was proclaimed the Year of Cosmonautics in Russia. That year, the Altai Truth newspaper published a series of space-related articles, most of them dedicated to the cosmonauts of local origin — Gherman Titov and Vasily Lazarev.
In its special issue of August 6, 1961, the Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper published an article titled “Glorious Victory of the Soviet People” that quoted the TASS report on the Vostok 2 mission piloted by the Soviet citizen — major Gherman Titov. Moscow and the capitals of other Soviet republics celebrated this event with fireworks.
The same front-page story included an address of the Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev to the hero on the Earth’s orbit. After returning from space, Titov talked to the First Secretary of the Communist Party over the phone: Khrushchev asked him how he felt and how his wife Tamara had reacted to the flight and congratulated Titov on joining the Party and successfully fulfilling the complicated mission.
The triumphant celebration of the second cosmonaut in Red Square was also reported by all the top Soviet media. In particular, the Izvestia issue of August 9, 1961 was dedicated to this topic. The newspaper announced that Gherman Stepanovich Titov had been awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the Gold Star medal, and the title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.
This landmark event was also reported by the newspapers of Titov’s homeland. The Altai Youth and other regional newspapers published articles on the second cosmonaut’s mission. Since 1961, the Altai Truth newspaper has published information about the famous fellow countryman, his life, and visits to the homeland.
2011 was proclaimed the Year of Cosmonautics in Russia. That year, the Altai Truth newspaper published a series of space-related articles, most of them dedicated to the cosmonauts of local origin — Gherman Titov and Vasily Lazarev.
