Figurine commemorating the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, USSR

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Figurine commemorating the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, USSR

Collector’s figurine commemorating the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite of the Earth.
Commemorates the date October 4, 1957 (4-X-1957).
Sputnik 1 was the first human-made object to orbit the Earth.

The inscription “CCCP” is written in Cyrillic, which in the Latin alphabet corresponds to the abbreviation for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Such figurines were popular souvenirs during the Cold War.