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“From two layers of rubberized fabric to a suit with a hatch in the back like a fridge door – read our timeline story about what types of protective garments Russians have used throughout all these years for sending people into space.
Gagarin was the first person in the history of mankind to go into space. But what did he wear on such a dangerous journey? Almost 60 years ago, Soviet specialists seriously believed that Yuri Gagarin could be launched into space without any spacesuit at all, just in an ordinary thermally insulated suit!”

https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/332314-evolution-russias-spacesuit