In the regional center, a ceremonial rally was held at the monument to Yuri Gagarin, dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Aviation and Cosmonautics Day. More than 200 people took part, aviation veterans, representatives of the aircraft plant, cadets and schoolchildren, as well as city and military leaders. The participants spoke of pride in the history of Russian spaceflight and ended the event by laying flowers at the monument to the first cosmonaut.
Today in the regional center, near the monument to Yuri Gagarin, a ceremonial rally was held dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Aviation and Cosmonautics Day.More than 200 people took part in the event, including veterans — aviators of the 30th Air Army, representatives of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, cadets from Schools No. 10 and No. 76, and primary school students from School No. 1.
The rally was opened by a member of the Army Military Council, Major General of Aviation Viktor Pomytkin. Also delivering welcoming remarks were Deputy Mayor — Chair of the Committee on Social Policy and Culture Tatyana Edelman, Chairman of the City Council of Veterans, Colonel Vladimir Baranov, and Irkutsk writer and pilot Yuri Baranov.
According to the speakers, on this day one always feels a special pride in one’s country and in the history of domestic cosmonautics. At the end of the event, the rally participants laid flowers at the monument to the first cosmonaut.