A photo of Vostok 1 being prepared for launch. It’s surprisingly large in comparison to the Mercury capsule! No wonder they could fit three cosmonauts in there later on.
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xenophone said: True enough but they didn’t wear pressure suits and they were without ejection seats or an escape tower. I’ve also heard that one of the Voshkod 1 crew members was selected because he was one of the smallest members of the cosmonaut corps.
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