Evgeniy Chertanovskiy

Evgeniy Chertanovskiy

Evgeniy Chertanovskiy was a Soviet Russian inventor who designed the first full pressure suit in Leningrad in 1931. The CH-1 was a simple pressure-tight suit with helmet which did not have joints, thus requiring substantial force to move the arms and legs when pressurised. This was remedied in later suits. [Abramov, p. 5] Chertanovskiy coined the name skafanders for full pressure suits from the Greek words "skaf" - boat,ship and "andros" - man; "skafander" has since become the term used by Russians to refer to standard diving dresses or space suits.

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* [http://vokrugsveta.ru/publishing/vs/archives/?item_id=465 Vita Germetika : A Brief History of Creating and Development Soviet-Russian space suits] ru icon


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