Mkrtich Armen's "Gagarin" depicts the national euphoria and reverence in Moscow following Yuri Gagarin's space flight. The narrator observes a small boy writing the hero's name in chalk on the asphalt , and passersby respectfully circumvent the writing, treating it as a sacred vow and a monument. This simple act symbolizes the start of a great journey from the lowest point—the Moscow asphalt—to the stars of the cosmos.