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Why was Gagarin given a nominal car number?

After the flight into space, the government gave Gagarin a black "Volga" with numbers 78-78 MOD. But he also had another "Volga", light beige, with the sign 12-04 YuAG (date of flight and initials). Moreover, the letters were legally produced from the index of the Moscow region (where Star City is located) - UA. The following cosmonauts retained the letters YUAG on nominal machines, and the date of the flight was also indicated by numbers.

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