It's offered for your attention the Russian spacesuit SOKOL KV-2 of the cosmonaut Victor Afanasjev who flew into space four times. He accomplished his first three space flights to Russian space station MIR, serving as the commander of Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18 and Soyuz TM-29 missions, totally spending about 545 days aboard MIR and implementing 7 spacewalks from there of the total duration of more than 38 hours.

Cosmonaut Afanasjev realized his fourth and last space flight as the commander of the second visiting expedition to the International Space Station together with the first European female astronaut Claudie Haignere, who was serving as the first onboard engineer, and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Kozeev, who was serving as the second onboard engineer. The offered spacesuit Sokol KV-2 was used by Victor Afanasjev during his last space mission, for the launch onboard Soyuz TM-33 on October 21, 2001 and then for descend onboard Soyuz TM-32 on October 31, 2001. The mission totally lasted 9 days 19 hours 59 minutes.

Vistor Afanasjev totally spent about 555 days in space.

Complete set. The spacesuit comes with the gloves and visor protective glass. There are all necessary patches available on the suit, as well as the name tag on the neck and Afanasjev's initials on the gloves. Besides the above there are safety caps for the ventilation and oxygen supply hoses, medical and communication wires.

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Front general view without visor protection glass.

Back general view.

Visor covered by the protection glass close-up.

Uncovered visor front-right close-up.

Uncovered visor front-left close-up.

Uncovered visor front close-up.

Patches: ESA ‘Andromede’ mission, Zvezda, Rosaviakosmos and Russian flag, as well as Victor Afanasjev name tag on the neck.

The suit laced, zipped with closed visor.

The visor is opened.

The original signature of cosmonaut Victor Afanasjev handwritten by him in blue ink on the right near the lacing.

More general view of unzipped suit.

The front opening rubber-tied.

The inner air-tight shell view through the front opening.

The communication and medical connectors inside the spacesuit.

The legs from the front. The soot on the right leg from burnt Soyuz capsule not cleaned up completely.

The feet with the suit sizes on them, as well as capped medical and communication connectors.

The feet close-up at another angle.

Victor Afanasjev name tag on the neck and the pressure regulator below.

Andromede ESA mission patch.

The spacesuits manufacturer NPP Zvezda patch.

Rosaviakosmos patch.

Russian flag patch.

Right glove attached to the spacesuit, with the AVM initials standing for Afanasjev Victor Mihailovich.

Right glove palm side with the number.

Left glove attached to the spacesuit, with the AVM initials standing for Afanasjev Victor Mihailovich.

Left glove palm side with the number.

Right glove detached from the sleeve.

Left glove detached from the sleeve.

Both gloves together from the palm. The numbers are the same.

Both gloves together from the back.

Both gloves together to show the attachment rings and inner condition.

Manometer on the left sleeve.

Ventilation and oxygen supply hoses with protective caps on them.

Ventilation and oxygen supply hoses without protective caps.

Medical and communication connectors with protective caps on them.

Medical and communication connectors without protective caps.

The spacesuit height adjustment mechanism.

Legs length adjustment mechanisms at the knees area.

Legs length adjustment mechanisms at the hips area.

Right sleeve length adjustment mechanism.

Left sleeve length adjustment mechanism.

Adjustment cable for left sleeve length and shoulder girth.

Adjustment cable for right sleeve length and shoulder girth.

Shoulder girth adjustment cable attachment to the right of the neck strip.

Shoulder girth adjustment cable attachment to the left of the neck strip.

Right leg adgjustment strip attachment.

Left leg adgjustment strip attachment.

Reference photo - Soyuz TM-33 crew in their spacesuits during the training in Russian Cosmonaut Training Center: Kozeev, Afanasjev, Haignere.

Reference photo - Victor Afanasjev in his spacesuit Sokol KV-2 in the bus on the way to the launch pad.

Reference photo - the crew of Kozeev, Afanasjev and Haignere in their spacesuits walking to the rocket.

Reference photo - happy crew members upon landing. Notice the soot on the right leg of Afanasjev's spacesuit.

Historical reference. Sokol KV-2 ("Falcon") crew rescue suit was developed for use aboard Soyuz T. It was first worn in the Soyuz T-2 spacecraft on 5 June, 1980, and continued in use into the 21st Century for crews flying aboard Soyuz spacecraft today during launch and descent. Each suit was connected to an on-board life support system in the capsule which supplied oxygen, suit ventilation, communications and medical telemetry. The suit was designed to not impede the astronaut during flight in a pressurized cabin and to support the astronaut's life in case of cabin depressurization. The soft suit consisted of two layer enclosures, an outer restraint layer of white nylon canvas with royal blue trim, and an internal pressure bladder of rubber and rubberized material. The integral helmet had a soft hood and a hinged plastic visor. In comparison to the Sokol K, the KV-2 had two zippers in place of the lacing on the front opening; the helmet and visor dimensions were increased; the pressure regulator, located at the side on the Sokol K suit, was integrated with the inlet valve and was placed at the center of the body under the helmet. In case of cockpit depressurization, pure oxygen was supplied to the suit. The pressure regulator provided two suit pressure modes - 400 hPa (main mode) and 270 hPa (back-up).

The suit was developed in 1973-1979 by NPP "Zvezda" (what means "star" in English). It was designed to support a suited astronaut for up to 30 hours in a pressurized cabin and two hours in an unpressurized one. Ventilating air was provided at 150 l/minute and oxygen at 20 l/minute in pressurized operation. Up to the end of 2002, 220 flight models and 63 test and training suits had been manufactured.

Each suit was tailor-made to fit individual crew members. In the Soyuz spacecraft they reclined in Kazbek-U seats which had custom-fitted molded liners.

The wearer climbed into the suit via the zippered front opening; the suit was then sealed by gathering folds of the spacesuit cloth and wrapping rubber bands around them. The suit was one-piece, including the helmet, but excluding the gloves which were put on separately.