Aleksei lenovo e yuri gagarin biography

One of the first cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov trained with Yuri Gagarin.

He gave the world a new perspective on human presence in space by being the first to venture into new territories: he made the first spacewalk, helped to end the US/Soviet space confrontation by shaking hands with a NASA astronaut in orbit and gave form to his memories through his paintings.

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was born on 30 May 1934 in the small town of Listvyanka, near Lake Baikal in Siberia.

The eighth of a family of nine, he soon showed his skill in mechanics by building himself a bicycle from spare parts. He was also a talented artist. During World War II he spent hours at the local hospital sketching soldiers, officers and battle scenes.

After the war, the Leonov family moved to the newly conquered city of Kaliningrad – the former Königsberg.

Young Alexei started drawing seascapes of t