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Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces. Shargin was the first Russian Space Forces cosmonaut to launch into space. Shargin graduated in 1982 from the Military Engineering Academy for Aeronautics and Astronautics located in Leningrad.
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Yuri Shargin was born in 1960. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Yuri Shargin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1960 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.31 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $12,700 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $7,400 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $1.00 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.69 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.04 | $0.73 |
| Population | 180.7M | 341 million |
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