Russian Confirms that Yuri Gagarin Was Not First Man in Space

This has been rumored for years, based on one guy in Italy's research of Russian telemetry. Now, a Russian engineer from their space program, admits that the Russians had tried three times before in '57, '58 and '59 to send someone out of the atmosphere. They all died. That accounted for the long delay until Gagarin did it. If you believe him, here is the article. Gagarin was not the first cosmonaut