Moscow, April 1961. The photograph shows a street in Moscow in April 1961, on the day of Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight aboard Vostok 1. Pedestrians walk along the street. Few cars and buses are visible on the street, as Moscow at that time still had relatively little motorized private traffic.
The photograph captures everyday life in Moscow during one of the greatest moments in space exploration history – a day that caused worldwide sensation and placed the Soviet Union at the forefront of the space race.