The Soviet Cosmonaut Training Centre had the code name Military Unit 26266 and was also known by the initials TsPK (Tsentr Podgotovki Kosmonavtov).
Sources
- How Yuri Gagarin Was Picked to Be First in Space (smithsonianmag.com)
- http://www.gctc.su/main.php?id=242 (gctc.su)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin_Cosmonaut_Training_Center (military-history.fandom.com)
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