1951 Leningrad T2

[Captainclock]

It looks Russian, or Eastern European (guessing by the fact that it uses Sanskrit writing on it and the fact that the brand is Leningrad which is a refrence to the capitol of Russia during the days of Vladmir Lenin (who was the one who was responsible for the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of the Romanov Dynasty in Russia, that is also the city that is now known as St. Petersburg, Russia and was known as St. Petersburg prior to the Russian Revolution.) Other than that I've got nothing, an interesting piece for sure.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Captainclock

It looks Russian, or Eastern European (guessing by the fact that it uses Sanskrit writing

Do you mean Cyrillic writing?

That TV is definitely worth saving. Soviet-era Russian TVs are virtually never seen here in the USA. It would be quite a curiosity in this country, at least to TV collectors. In years of collecting, I have only found one Soviet Russian radio, brought here by a woman who was born in Sweden.

In another VideoKarma discussion, I just ran across a Russian website that includes a page about this TV model:

http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/00/tw/leningrad_t2.html

In addition to the description and photos, there are links to the operating manual and a short (silent) video showing the TVs being assembled at the factory. I only read English, so I used Google to translate the web page.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html