He was Russian(technically from the USSR not the Russian Federation, but the modern day country is Russia) and he was named Yuri Gagarin
The first person to fly in space was Yiri Gagarin a Russian.
I'm not sure, but of you go on www.wikipedia.com and search the article titled "Timeline of space travel by nationality", it gives you a list of countries and people who went to space, ordered by nationality.
The first person to travel into space was Yuri Gagarin April 12th, 1961.
While it is technically impossible to "walk" in space, the Russians (U.S.S.R at the time) were the first one's to go to space, and the American's were the first to walk on the moon.
The first person in space was Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
A Russian named Yuri Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the second person to travel into space.
Yuri Gagarin was from Russia.
April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space (:
Yuri Gagarian was the first person in space. He was the first person to view the earth from space. His misson was on April 12, 1961 on the spaceship Vostock I.
No, that was Russian Yuri Gagarin
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neil armstrongGherman Titov in 1961. Neil Armstrong first flew in space in 1966.