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Gagarin (town)
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Gagarin (Russian language: Гага́рин) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Gzhat River . Geographical location .
History
Founded in 1719 as Gzhatsk (Гжатск), town status since 1776. In 1968 the town was renamed Gagarin (after its most famous native, Yuri Gagarin).
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