Comrade Svetlana Evgenievna Savitskaya was born on August 8, 1948. She was the world's second woman cosmonaut and the first woman cosmonaut to travel into space. A communist who was twice honoured as a Soviet Union Hero. Communist Party State Duma delegate. #WorkingclassinSpace #CPIM

62 years ago, on August 6, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov became the second person to orbit the Earth - aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. Spent more than a day in space. He was the youngest person to fly in space until 2021. #Workingclassinspace #USSR #CPIM