Soviet & Russian Spacesuits

Vostok pressure suit and Yuri Gagarin.

From left to right:Berkut first-EVA spacesuit, used by Alexei Leonov(Voskhod 2, 1965)
Krechet lunar surface spacesuit(never used)
Orlan (D,DM, DMA and M variants) spacesuit, used in many EVA's from Salyut 6, 7 and Mir space stations.

Thomas Reiter during an EVA in 1995 at the end of one of the two Strela cranes.

Soviet MMU (SPK) used with Orlan DMA spacesuit from the Mir space station in two experimental spacewalks (1 and 5 February 1990) by the Soyuz TM-8 crew, Alexandr Viktorenko and Alexander Serebrov. During those spacewalks, the SPK unit was tethered to the station in order to avoid that the cosmonaut flew away.
Later use rejected. Cosmonauts prefer the two Strela cranes system.

Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov (Soyuz 19 crew) wearing the Sokol pressure suit used in the Soyuz spacecraft. The Sokol was introduced after the Soyuz 11 crew died due to capsule decompression.

Upgraded Sokol pressure suit used in Soyuz T and Soyuz TM. In the photo: the Soyuz TM-28 crew, Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov (6 August 97).

Buran's Sokol ("hawk") pressure suit, called Strizh. Never used.

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