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Do you have a source for this? The Wikipedia article says nothing about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1
From the Wikipedia article: At 07:55 UTC, when Vostok 1 was still 7 km (4.3 mi) from the ground, the hatch of the spacecraft was released, and two seconds later Gagarin was ejected. At 2.5 km (8,200 ft) altitude, the main parachute was deployed from the Vostok spacecraft.[43] Gagarin's parachute opened almost immediately, and about ten minutes later, at 08:05 UTC, Gagarin landed. Both he and the spacecraft landed via…
The comment I was replying to was the one claiming he said "I'm on fire. Farewell, comrades"