The USSR did.
Russia (Sputnik 1)
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to put a man into orbit. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Russia to put a man in orbit US to put on the moon
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite ever put into orbit. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
The Mir was launched by the Soviet Union.
The USSR did. It was popularly called "Russia".
The Russians put the first satellite into orbit named sputnik.
The first satellite put into orbit by the U.S. was called Explorer 1.
The very first satellite put into orbit was the Russian satellite Sputnik put into orbit on October 4th, 1957.
The worlds' first artificial satelite was put in orbit by Soviet Union in 1957, named Sputnik 1. Since then thousands of prolab satelites were put in orbit by several countries around the globe.
The Soviet Union takes credit for sending the first man into orbit around the earth. However, since, Yuri Gagarin did not land in his capsule, it technically does not count as an official orbit. Still, no one disputes that Gagarin did in fact orbit the earth. The first person to orbit the earth and land in his spacecraft was John Glenn of the United States.
The Russian put the first man in earth orbit, he was Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961.