Klushino ( rus, Клушино, , ˈkluʂɨnə) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Smolensk Oblast (
Western Oblast before 1937), Russia. It is situated on the old road between
Vyazma and
Mozhaysk, not far from Gzhatsk (now named
Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Tr ...
), and it was the site of
a major battle during the
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18).
The village is best known as the birthplace of
Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, born there in 1934. Gagarin's original house in Klushino was deconstructed and rebuilt in Gzhatsk by his father when his family moved. A replica of the Gagarin house was built in Klushino in 1971, and is now a museum.
References
Rural localities in Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Governorate
Yuri Gagarin
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