Yelena Gagarina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yurievna and the family name is Gagarina.

Yelena Gagarina
Елена Гагарина
Gagarina in 2014
Born	(1959-04-17) April 17, 1959 (age 65) Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Art historian
Parent(s)	Yuri Gagarin (father) Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina (mother)

Yelena Yurievna Gagarina (Russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Гага́рина; born 17 April 1959)[1] is a Russian art historian. She has been the general director of Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001. She is also the elder daughter of Yuri Gagarin.[2]

Career

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]

Personal life

Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. She grew up in the space training facility known as Star City, in Zvyozdny gorodok.[6]

References

1. Старт в космос из-за полярного круга
2. Елена Гагарина — кремлёвская золушка
3. Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 16 марта 2005 года
4. Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 28 августа 2009 года
5. Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму
6. "Елена Гагарина: Я стараюсь работать так, как это умел отец". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

External links

• Биография на сайте Международного комитета по наградам Фаберже
• Интервью 2009 года газете «Известия»