#WilsonCtr - Twitter Hashtag

over 5 years ago

@kennaninstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace - Q: Whats the next Gagarin Moment A: Lewis I'm a historian, I don't predict the future! 😉

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm29

over 5 years ago

#KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace - Asif Siddiqi - Rumors surrounding his death put and the uncertainty of how it happened also gave young people pause, then the loss of the "Lunar Race" in 1969. & the economic stagnation that happened after.

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm29

over 5 years ago

#KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace - Asif Siddiqi - The past in the Soviet space program was just as important as the future, this bundling of the past and the future during the Gagarin era, the Soviet system was bursting with pride, but in the 1970's that waned, was..

genejm29's tweet photo. #KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace - Asif Siddiqi - The past in the Soviet space program was just as important as the future, this bundling of the past and the future during the Gagarin era, the Soviet system was bursting with pride, but in the 1970's that waned, was.. https://t.co/CXA3ih9k4k

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm29

over 5 years ago

#KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace Slava Gerovitch Soviet govt wanted only limited recognition of Korolev as well was only identified after his passing The photo too of both was translated to a monument but with a different meaning.

genejm29's tweet photo. #KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace Slava Gerovitch Soviet govt wanted only limited recognition of Korolev as well was only identified after his passing The photo too of both was translated to a monument but with a different meaning. https://t.co/4D9z8wPjKp

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm29

over 5 years ago

#KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace Slava Gerovitch Monuments to Gagarin were constructed all over Moscow, in some cases he loses his humaintity looking like he was one with the machine

genejm29's tweet photo. #KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace Slava Gerovitch Monuments to Gagarin were constructed all over Moscow, in some cases he loses his humaintity looking like he was one with the machine https://t.co/u5UNK0FlfX

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm29

over 5 years ago

#KennanInstitute #WilsonCtr #SovietSpace Listening in on the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's Mission - Slava Gerovitch presenting saying that the Soviet leadership had orchestrated post-flight celebrations but it wasn't needed. Gagarin broke the mold of Soviet leadership,