National Content: Belgium
Back from Moscow, a French radio-reporter states : “Gagarin was not the first Soviet cosmonaut”. A few days before him, young Ilyouchine came back mad after three tours of the globe.
| Source | « Vers l’Avenir » n°96, the 22th of April 1961, page 1. |
| Event referred to | 12th April 1961 : Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. |
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| Description of the source | Kind of source: Newspaper article Origin of the source: Archives of the Public Library of Namur (Belgium) Language: French Copyright issues: reproduction and pedagogical exploitation authorized in the framework of the MHM project |
| Contextualisation of the source | « Vers l’Avenir » is a popular French-speaking newspaper in Belgium. Founded in 1918, this daily of the social catholic trend is edited in Namur. It belongs partly to the bishopric of Namur. This newspaper is read mostly by the middle class and the working class. In 1967, “Vers l’Avenir” was edited in almost 90.000 copies. (J. GOL, Le monde de la presse en Belgique, édition du Centre de Recherche et d’Information socio-politiques – CRISP- 1970) |
| Interpretation of the source | By quoting the French journalist Edouard Dobrowski, the newspaper “Vers l’Avenir” puts in doubt the fact that Gagarin would be the first man to have flown in outer space. Indeed, according to this journalist another Soviet cosmonaut would have accomplished a flight before Gagarin but he would have come back to Earth in bad health. |
| Original Contents | Retour de Moscou, un radio-reporter français affirme : "Gagarine n’était pas le premier cosmonaute soviétique. Quelques jours avant lui, le fils Ilyouchine est revenu fou de trois tours du globe". Paris, 21 – M. Edouard Dobrovski, envoyé spécial de la Radio-Télévision française à Moscou, a fait vendredi midi au micro “d’inter-actualités” des “révélations” sur l’expérience de Serge Ilyouchine, qui, selon lui, a précédé en U.R.S.S. celle du commandant Gagarine. M. Edouard Dobrowsky avait quitté Paris aussitôt après l’annonce du vol cosmique du commandant Gagarine. Il a déclaré qu’il avait enquêté en U.R.S.S. huit jours : il vient de rentrer à Paris. (…). |
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