Гагарин - Выступление перед стартом Gagarin: Speech before launch

There are many videos about Gagarin, but few of him speaking. English translation below. Dear friends, close acquaintances and strangers, fellow countrymen, people of all countries of all contintents: in a few minutes a mighty spaceship will carry me into the distant regions of the universe. What can I tell you in these few minutes before launching? All my life seems to me now like one wonderful moment, everything experienced and done earlier was experienced and done for the sake of this minute. You shou