Superhero Style Statue of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

Soviet cosmonaut and the first man in space Yuri Gagarin is commemorated in epic superhero style by a 40-foot tall titanium statue on Leninsky Avenue in Moscow. Designed by Pavel Bondarenko and architect Yakov Belopolskiy and erected in 1980, the statue stands atop a towering 90-foot pedestal. Travel photographer David Coleman (Have Camera Will Travel) has posted more information

via Super Punch