Yelena Gagarina | |
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Елена Гагарина | |
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Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Art historian |
Yelena Yurievna Gagarina ( Russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Гага́рина; born 17 April 1959) [1] is a Russian art historian. She is the general director of Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001. She is also the elder daughter of Yuri Gagarin. [2]
Gagarina graduated from MSU Faculty of History; her specialty is the history of art. She has been a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO since 16 March 2005. [3] [4]
In 2014, she signed a Collective appeal of cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. [5]
Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. She grew up in Zvyozdny gorodok, the space training facility known as Star City. [6] American immigrant Anna Gagarina is a granddaughter of Yuri's younger brother Boris, and so is the daughter of Yelena's cousin. [7]
Yelena Gagarina | |
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Елена Гагарина | |
Born | |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Art historian |
Yelena Yurievna Gagarina ( Russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Гага́рина; born 17 April 1959) [1] is a Russian art historian. She is the general director of Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001. She is also the elder daughter of Yuri Gagarin. [2]
Gagarina graduated from MSU Faculty of History; her specialty is the history of art. She has been a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO since 16 March 2005. [3] [4]
In 2014, she signed a Collective appeal of cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. [5]
Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. She grew up in Zvyozdny gorodok, the space training facility known as Star City. [6] American immigrant Anna Gagarina is a granddaughter of Yuri's younger brother Boris, and so is the daughter of Yelena's cousin. [7]