Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich is a Russian explorer who, since 1995, has worked at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Anatoly Sagalevich (right) with President Vladimir Putin, 2008
Mir was a class of two self-propelled deep-submergence vehicles. The project was initially developed by the USSR Academy of Sciences along with Lazurit Central Design Bureau, and two vehicles were ordered from Finland. The Mir-1 and Mir-2, delivered in 1987, were designed and built by the Finnish company Rauma-Repola's Oceanics subsidiary. The project was carried out under the supervision of constructors and engineers of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology.
Mir being lowered into the water by the crane on Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
Interior of Mir-2
The Mirs at Lake Geneva in July 2011
Mir-1 at the Museum of the World Ocean, Kalinigrad