The Cosmonaut Training Centre changed its name to Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City) in 1968.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent Russian-language sources confirm the 1968 renaming of the settlement to 'Zvyozdny,' though they differ on the exact month (September vs. October), and the claim's wording closely mirrors a single English-language source (Starman), reducing full independence for that specific phrasing.
Sources
- How Yuri Gagarin Was Picked to Be First in Space (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.schelcovo.ru/news/40 (schelcovo.ru)
- https://zvezdniygorodok.ru/info/articles/2016/istoricheskaya_spravka/ (zvezdniygorodok.ru)
- https://strelkamag.com/ru/article/30-faktov-o-zvezdnom-gorodke (strelkamag.com)
- https://russiable.com/star-city-moscow-visit/ (russiable.com)
- https://lithub.com/inside-the-secret-facility-where-the-ussrs-first-cosmonauts-trained/ (lithub.com)