This is Moscow
This is Moscow calling
On the 12th of April, the Soviet Union
orbited a spaceship around the Earth, with a man on board
The astronaut is a Soviet citizen, Major Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich

The world's first cosmonaut
The first to open the door into the unknown
The first to step over the threshold of our homeland

The whole planet knew him and loved him
Gagarin

Was it hazardous? Yes, it was
The first strides into the unknown were about to be made

The hero who blazed the trail for the stars

Every one of us was with Yuri Gagarin
as he orbited the Earth, 190 miles above us
Astronaut to Earth: I can see forests
rivers, cumulus clouds all around
Everything's so beautiful, it's wonderful, it's wonderful

The whole planet knew him and loved him

Gagarin