Vintage 1961 Soviet USSR Cigarette Case “Vostok 1961 Soviet Space Program” – Case # 47

The Vostok program was a Soviet space program project that ran from 1960 to 1963 and achieved many spectacular milestones in spaceflight, including placing the first man in space, the first woman in space, and the first joint flight of two different crewed orbiters. Vostok took place at the beginning of the space race, a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight during the Cold War. The USSR was largely seen to be ahead in the early days of the space race.

Size: 8 cm – 3.15 inches / 9 cm – 3.54 inches.
Width 1,8 cm – 0.71 inches.
Weighs – 38 grams.