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Lavrovka Destination Guide

Discover Lavrovka in Russia

Lavrovka in the region of Saratov is a town located in Russia - some 506 mi or ( 815 km ) South-East of Moscow , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Lavrovka

Local time in Lavrovka is now 12:45 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Volgograd " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Volgograd, Verkhniy Yeruslan, Ul'yanovsk, Saratov, and Saransk. When in this area, you might want to check out Volgograd . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Lavrovka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Vostok 2

Vostok 2 was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6, 1961 to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body. Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 − as well as the suborbital spaceflights of American astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom aboard their respective Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4 missions.

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Located at 50.85 47.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 1961 in spaceflight, 1961 in the Soviet Union, Human spaceflights, Spacecraft which reentered in 1961, Vostok programme