The first country to launch the first successful manned space flight was Russia. Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space as a result of that achievement.
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The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
The first man to go to space was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut.
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Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Soviet union cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
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The former USSR was.
The USSR (Russia) was.