| Yelena Gagarina | |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | Art historian |
| Parents: | Yuri Gagarin (father) Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina (mother) |
Yelena Yurievna Gagarina (Russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Гага́рина; born 17 April 1959)[1] is a Russian art historian. She is the general director of Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001. She is also the elder daughter of Yuri Gagarin.[2]
Gagarina graduated from MSU Faculty of History; her specialty is the history of art. She has been a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO since 16 March 2005.[3] [4]
In 2014, she signed a Collective appeal of cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.[5]
Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. She grew up in Zvyozdny gorodok, the space training facility known as Star City.[6] American immigrant Anna Gagarina is a granddaughter of Yuri's younger brother Boris, and so is the daughter of Yelena's cousin.[7]