Holy-moly, look what the Russians made!

[maxhifi]

My experience repairing USSR made electronics, has been that a lot of persistence and patience is required, and that components age prematurely. Everything is suspect, including the design. Also, since living space is at a premium it's often stored in poor conditions, so surprises such as dead cockroaches and evidence of mice are to be expected... On the other hand wouldn't it be fun to make that machine work ?