The Future as Propaganda: Soviet Architecture in Kazakhstan and the Imagery of a New Era

Practically every history book records 1961 as the year man first reached space , an achievement that placed the Soviet Union at the center of the space race . What not everyone knows is that Yuri Gagarin's journey began in a seemingly unlikely place, more precisely in Kazakhstan . From the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Gagarin set off beyond Earth, inaugurating not only a new era of space exploration but