Ka cika wannan jumla: Gagarin ya zama gwarzo na ƙasar Soviet da kuma ƙasashen Gabashin Turai, kuma ya zama sananne a dukan duniya. Moscow da sauran biranen a cikin USSR sun gudanar da zanga-zangar jama'a, wanda girmansa ya kasance na biyu ne kawai ga
Yaƙin Duniya na II Parade Parade na 1945. An ayyana ranar 12 ga Afrilu a matsayin Ranar Cosmonautics a cikin USSR, kuma ana yin bikin a yau a Rasha a matsayin ɗayan "Ranar Tunawa da Rasha". A shekara ta 2011, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ayyana shi a matsayin Ranar Jirgin Sama ta Duniya.