Who was the first Russian woman in space?
On June 16. 1963, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova become the first woman in space. She launched on the Vostok 6 spacecraft which orbited the earth 48 times in 72 hours.
Who was the first man in space? On April 12th 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.