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| To celebrate upcoming 60th anniversary of human space flight, Barbie creates toy inspired by Russia’s only active female cosmonaut | To celebrate upcoming 60th anniversary of human space flight, Barbie creates toy inspired by Russia’s only active female cosmonaut |
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| The American toy company Mattel has chosen Russian astronaut Anna Kikina as the model for a new barbie doll, a part of the company's campaign aimed at inspiring young girls with role models from all professions and walks of life. | The American toy company Mattel has chosen Russian astronaut Anna Kikina as the model for a new barbie doll, a part of the company's campaign aimed at inspiring young girls with role models from all professions and walks of life. |
| Kikina is the only female cosmonaut in the entire squadron of Russia's state space agency Roscosmos, and plans are in place for her to go into space next year. | Kikina is the only female cosmonaut in the entire squadron of Russia's state space agency Roscosmos, and plans are in place for her to go into space next year. |
| The doll, which comes with a flight suit and in a spacewalk suit, will not be for sale but will be awarded as a contest prize, held in honor of the 60th anniversary of the first human space flight on April 12, 1961. | The doll, which comes with a flight suit and in a spacewalk suit, will not be for sale but will be awarded as a contest prize, held in honor of the 60th anniversary of the first human space flight on April 12, 1961. |
| "Today, Anna is a role model for many," a statement from Roscosmos said. "She is both strong and feminine, brave and gentle, wise and with a great sense of humor. A bright personality in which professionalism and warmth of heart are in harmony." | "Today, Anna is a role model for many," a statement from Roscosmos said. "She is both strong and feminine, brave and gentle, wise and with a great sense of humor. A bright personality in which professionalism and warmth of heart are in harmony." |
| "I didn't dream of becoming an astronaut when I was a kid," Kikina said in an interview. "But if I had a Barbie cosmonaut doll, the idea of would have probably been born in my head, even then." | "I didn't dream of becoming an astronaut when I was a kid," Kikina said in an interview. "But if I had a Barbie cosmonaut doll, the idea of would have probably been born in my head, even then." |
| "It is not necessary that every girl that plays with this Barbie wants to become an astronaut. The most important thing is for all [girls] to know that they have a choice, they have the right to choose any profession they like." | "It is not necessary that every girl that plays with this Barbie wants to become an astronaut. The most important thing is for all [girls] to know that they have a choice, they have the right to choose any profession they like." |
| This is not the first time that Mattel has created a Barbie doll modeled after a female Russian astronaut. In the 1960s, the company made a toy of Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first woman to go into space. Tereshkova is a now an MP in the country's parliament. | This is not the first time that Mattel has created a Barbie doll modeled after a female Russian astronaut. In the 1960s, the company made a toy of Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first woman to go into space. Tereshkova is a now an MP in the country's parliament. |
| In an interview with online publication Podyom, former astronaut and International Space Station resident Maxim Surayev welcomed the news and, hopefully, the "popularization of cosmonautics." | In an interview with online publication Podyom, former astronaut and International Space Station resident Maxim Surayev welcomed the news and, hopefully, the "popularization of cosmonautics." |
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