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Noted Soviet from Georgia represented in rag (7)

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I believe the answer is:

gagarin

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'noted soviet' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'georgia represented in rag' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'ga'.
'represented' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'rag'='inrag'
'inrag' with letters rearranged gives 'garin'.
'ga'+'garin'='GAGARIN'

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(Other definitions for gagarin that I've seen before include "Yuri . . . . . . . made the first manned space flight" , "Yuri ......, first Russian into space" , "Yuri ....... first man in space" , "Yuri --, space pioneer" , "Yuri --, cosmonaut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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