Keywords: Cosmonauts
Item 25176
Letter from Soviet cosmonaut, 1983
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Location: Manchester; Manchester Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
