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I understand, in Pitepe, the Gagapin street was named Fupmanov, well, it was in 1952.

What was Gagarin famous at 52? If sclerosis deceives me - the flight was at 61?

And nobody claimed that it was named in honor of Gagarin Y.A. The name is known in Russian. In Moscow, on Prechistenka, there is a Gagarin street - and so it was called since the 18th century:

Yes, you can also wonder what was the famous King in 1918, what his name was called by the British Air Force ;-)