The Cosmonaut Training Centre was established on January 11, 1960, by order of Soviet Air Force commander Chief Marshal Konstantin Vershinin.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by official GCTC website, Russian Presidential Library, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and multiple independent sources agreeing on date, order-giver, and his rank at the time. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=bronze indep_score=0.525 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) official archives, Russian Presidential Library (prlib.ru) historical records) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- How Yuri Gagarin Was Picked to Be First in Space (seed:firsts_and_inventions)
- http://www.gctc.su/main.php?id=242 (corroboration)
- https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/618933 (corroboration)
- https://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=242 (corroboration)
- https://rg.ru/2020/01/11/centru-podgotovki-kosmonavtov-ispolnilos-60-let.html (corroboration)
- https://www.calend.ru/events/254/ (corroboration)