after the flight, kagarin visited 29 countries and 46 foreign business trips, not counting his constant’m afraid that there won’t be enough time to visit everywhere. in addition, in the sixty-second year, the cosmonaut was elected as a deputy of the supreme soviet of the ussr. they wrote and called him from all over the country. indeed, gagarin rarely saw his family, especially children. with valentina, they also went to official receptions on business trips abroad. for example, gagarin traveled to india with his wife. andrei vavilov recalls that valentina usually tried to stay away and not show off her outfits in front of the cameras, as first ladies often did. they were of different types. gagarin, like this an open, cheerful person, and valentina, she was restrained, silent, then i felt that it was hard for her, all these receptions, performances, there are tens of hundreds. and people came up to her, of course, the receptions exhausted gagarin himself, he really loved spending time with his family, loved playing with children, elena yuryevna recalls, at home dad was not the same as