any medals or awards conferred to him?
The Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal;  the 1960 Gold Air Medal and the 1961 De la Vaulx Medal from the "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale" in Switzerland;  first Commander of the Order of Playa Girón medal from Cuba among many others.He was bestowed the Order of Lenin, Order of the Nile, Order of Karl Marx etc. as well.
Yuri Gagarin
On 14 April 1961, Gagarin was honoured with a parade attended by millions of people that concluded at the Red Square. After a short speech, he was bestowed the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Merited Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and the first Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR. On 15 April, the Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal, named after the Russian pioneer of space aeronautics. Gagarin had also been awarded four Soviet commemorative medals over the course of his career.

He was honoured as a Hero of Socialist Labor (Czechoslovakia) on 29 April 1961, and Hero of Socialist Labor (Bulgaria, including the Order of Georgi Dimitrov) the same year. On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Revolution (26 July), President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba presented him with the first Commander of the Order of Playa Girón, a newly created medal.

Gagarin was also awarded the 1960 Gold Air Medal and the 1961 De la Vaulx Medal fr
how many times did the first russian orbit the earth One who is yuri gagarin? A Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. when was this mission carried out? Vostok 1, the spaceflight carrying Yuri Gagarin was launched on April 12, 1961.
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Yuri Gagarin [SEP] Medals and orders of merit
On 14 April 1961, Gagarin was honoured with a parade attended by millions of people that concluded at the Red Square. After a short speech, he was bestowed the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Merited Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and the first Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR. On 15 April, the Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal, named after the Russian pioneer of space aeronautics. Gagarin had also been awarded four Soviet commemorative medals over the course of his career. He was honoured as a Hero of Socialist Labor (Czechoslovakia) on 29 April 1961, and Hero of Socialist Labor (Bulgaria, including the Order of Georgi Dimitrov) the same year.