What happened behind the scenes of the first space flight? How did it happen that it was Russia that made such a fantastic leap to the stars? And what were the consequences?ANTON PERVUSHIN is a science fiction writer, scientific journalist, publicist, screenwriter, futurist, winner of many literary prizes, member of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation and the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg. He has been studying the secret and forgotten pages of the history of cosmonautics for many years, and has published two dozen books on this topic. The third edition of the author's popular book. On the 90th anniversary of the birth of the first cosmonaut of the Earth.