Andrei Petrovich Gagarin
Andrei Petrovich Gagarin ( Russian Андрей Петрович Гагарин ; born July 9, 1934 in Leningrad , † January 30, 2011 in Maryland , USA) was a Russian physicist and professor at the State Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg .
Gagarin was a descendant of the first Russian tsar dynasty of the Rurikids from the princely house of Gagarin . After the end of the Soviet Union, he called himself a "prince" and was a delegate in the so-called European Nobility Commission . Gagarin was married three times.
Web links
- ZEIT ONLINE: 300 years of St. Petersburg: nobility renounced
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| SURNAME | Gagarin, Andrei Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гагарин, Андрей Петрович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian physicist and aristocratic descendant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 2011 |
| Place of death | Maryland , USA |