'Orient 2' or 'East 2') was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6, 1961, to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body.

Orbits 8-13 would drop the capsule into the Pacific Ocean, after which landing would again occur in Soviet territory, but in the remote, frozen wastes of Siberia.

Gherman Titov launched from Gagarin's Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome on 6 August 1961 at 06:00 UTC aboard the Vostok 2 space capsule.

[8] Nausea set in after Titov achieved free fall in orbit, causing him to vomit when he tried to eat one of his planned meals.

[15][16] A camera aboard the capsule transmitted smiling pictures of Titov to the ground as he passed over Soviet territory on the fifth orbit.

[17]: 293–294 Detailed information about the radio frequencies used by the spacecraft were made public before Titov's flight; listening posts around the world picked up voice and telemetry signals from Vostok 2, allaying suspicions that the spaceflight might have been faked.

Titov ejected from the capsule as planned and parachuted separately to land at 0718 UTC on 7 August 1961, near Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast.

The Vostok 2 landing site coordinates are 50°51′10″N 47°01′14″E / 50.85276°N 47.02048°E / 50.85276; 47.02048, which is 11.5 km South of Krasny Kut, Saratovskaya oblast in the Russian Federation.

The larger one is a 9 meter tall, silver painted stone sculpture, that resembles a single bird's wing pointed skyward.

To the right of the wing sculpture is a 2 meter high, silver painted square stone block, with a rounded corner on the front side.