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==Factories== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/5537592028/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5537592028_1308118839_m.jpg |image_align= right |image_text= [[Arsenal]] logo on [[Kiev]]-4M <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} ===Arsenal=== Zavod [[Arsenal]] (Завод Арсенал = Arsenal Factory), Kiev, Ukraine. Arsenal is one of the oldest and most famous industrial factories in the Soviet Union and now Ukraine. This factory has mainly specialized in optical components for the Soviet military and space program. Arsenal also has produced professional-grade photographic cameras. These have included the [[Kiev]] 135 film and 120 film series, [[Salyut]] series, and some others. [[File:Belomo.gif|thumb|150px|BelOMO logo]] ===BelOMO=== [[Belomo|BelOMO]] (Belorussian Optical and Mechanical Association) was formed in 1971 by the merger of MMZ, the Vilejka Factory, and, apparently, Peleng. BelOMO continues to produce cameras and lenses, cine cameras, accessories, projectors, etc. The plants continue to use their original logos on the products produced in each plant of the association. [[File:Fed-first-logo.jpg|thumb|83px|FED logo original]] ===FED=== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/4646445629/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4646445629_60938ffe9f_m.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= FED logo on FED-1 <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} F.E. Dzerzhinsky Factory, Kharkov, Ukraine. [[FED]] are the initials of F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the '''NKVD''', and the factory was named in his honor. The NKVD was the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (= Народный комиссариат внутренних дел = Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, (НКВД = NKVD), a secret police organization and predecessor of the KGB. The factory's original workforce was comprised of orphaned youths living and working together in a communal arrangement. After the groundbreaking introduction of the Leica II in 1932, Soviet leaders ordered a halt to the importation of photographic equipment and set the FED factory to the task of creating a Soviet [[Leica]] equivalent. Only 18 months later, in 1934, the [[FED]] factory began churning out its first clone of the Leica II rangefinder camera. Since then, they have produced millions of cameras, some good and some not so good. The variations in the engravings on the FED camera cover plates are worth a special mention, reflecting historical changes within the Soviet Union. ===GOMZ=== {| class="plainlinks" align="center" | {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/4668473219/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4668473219_f5c9b89610_m.jpg |image_align= |image_text= |image_by= |image_rights= }} | {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/5803152093/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/5803152093_c398a30b72_m.jpg |image_align= |image_text= |image_by= |image_rights= }} |- | colspan="2" align="center" | [[GOMZ]] logo on [[Lubitel]]-2; [[VOOMP]] logo and very early GOMZ logo on [[Fotokor-1]].<small>Images by Süleyman Demir {{with permission }}</small> |} [[File:Kmz1logo.gif|thumb|KMZ logo early]] [[File:Kmz3logo3.gif|thumb|KMZ logo (1993-Present)]] ===KMZ=== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/5537013973/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5537013973_39dfde14f5_m.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= [[KMZ]] logo on [[Zorki]]-1 <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod [[KMZ]] (Красногорский механический завод = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), near Moscow. KMZ is known largely for its cameras, including the [[Iskra]], [[Kristall]], [[Mir]], [[Moskva]] , [[Start]], [[Zenith]] (early series), [[Zorki]] series and some others. Some of these were produced in the millions. KMZ also has a large military optics and mechanical engineering division. [[File:Kazanlogo.gif|thumb|Kazan logo]] ===Kazan KOMZ=== Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant (КOMЗ) began operations in 1940. During the Second World War, KOMZ produced a wide range of optical instruments like binoculars, photographic lenses, photo controlling devices, marine range finders, and dive-bomber scopes. Their camera lenses include the [[Industar|Industar-22]], [[Industar|Industar-27]], [[Industar-50]], [[Industar|Industar-51]], [[Industar|Industar-37]], [[Jupiter (lenses)|Jupiter 11]], [[Jupiter (lenses)|Jupiter 37]] and [[Fodis]] 1K. ===LOMO=== [[File:Lomologo.gif|thumb|center|[[LOMO]] logo]] ===LZOS=== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/5537592306/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5537592306_f4dbc8bfd1_m.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= LZOS logo on Yellow filter on [[Kristall]] <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory (= Лыткаринский завод Оптического Стекла ЛЗОС), was located in Lytkarino, 100 km north of Moscow. It was a [[KMZ]] satellite. ===MMZ=== [[File:Mmz1logo.gif|thumb|MMZ logo]] [[File:Npz-penta-logo.jpg|thumb|83px|Plant 69 logo (early NPZ)]][[File:Npz-logo.jpg|thumb|83px|NPZ logo modern]][[File:Rostovlogo.gif|thumb|Rostov logo]] Minsk Mechanical Factory named by S.I. Vavilov (Minskiy Mechanichesckiy Zavod imeni S.I. Vavilova). Founded in 1957, [[MMZ]] was located in Minsk, Belarus, approximately 450 miles SW of Moscow. Initial production was optical glass and the Smena-2 camera. In 1971, MMZ became [[Belomo|BelOMO]]. ===NPZ=== Novosibirsk Instrument Factory, Novosibirsk (=Новосибирский приборостроительный завод Нпз = Novosibirskiy priborostroitel'niy zavod NPZ). The original name of the factory was Precision Mechanics Plant, Krasnogorsk and later Plant 69. After WW2 this plant became known as NPZ. The plant was relocated in 1941 from Krasnogorsk to Novosibirsk. The plant produced various military items, and at least one camera, the [[Vostok]]. The logo continues used by NPZ, who now specialize in telescope making. The NPZ factory's modern emblem has a slightly altered ratio from the early plant 69 logo. ===Rostov ROMZ=== Rostov produced viewfinders. ===Valdai=== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/4647069572/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4647069572_bb122fd4b2_m.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= Valdai logo on [[42mm screw lenses#KMZ|Helios]] lens of [[Zenith]] ET <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} Valdai Optical-Mechanical Factory is located about 400km north-west of Moscow. Very little is known of this plant, but it has been a prolific producer of lenses for [[KMZ]] and Zenit. Their SLR lenses carry the [[42mm screw lenses#KMZ|Helios]] name. [[File:Leningrad_Electronic_Factory_“Vibrator”.jpg|thumb|Vibrator|link=Special:FilePath/Leningrad_Electronic_Factory_“Vibrator”.jpg]] ===Vibrator=== [[Vibrator]] (Leningrad Electronic Factory “Vibrator”) ===Vilejka=== {{Flickr_image |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/5537592602/in/pool-46195334@N00/ |image= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5537592602_da2f9b717f_m.jpg |image_align= center |image_text= Vilejka logo on [[Zenith]] ET <small>image by Süleyman Demir</small> |image_by= Süleyman Demir |image_rights= with permission }} Vilejka Factory, or officially OM RUP "ZENIT". In Soviet times, it was known as '''Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit''' ad was founded in early 1970 in Vilejka, near Minsk, as a Zenit camera manufacturing factory for MMZ and KMZ. The Vilejka Zenits were apparently intended primarily for domestic use, and earned a poor reputation for quality. Vilejka, has produced the following Zenit models: E, 12SD, TTL, ET, 11, 15, under slightly different designations. Vilejka is apparently still producing Zenits, i.e. the Zenit 130. [[File:Valdai1logo.gif|thumb|Vologda logo]][[File:Vologda.gif|thumb|Vologda logo late]] ===Vologda=== Vologda produced Mir-1B, [[Jupiter (lenses)|Jupiter 21]], [[KMZ|Helios]] 44 and 77 lenses. ===VOOMP=== In 1929 the Soviet Council of Labor and Defense decided to combine all optical and mechanical factories of the era under the same name, the "Union Trust of Opto-Mechanical Enterprises" (VTOMP), (= Всесоюзный Трест Оптико-Механических предприятий ВТОМП). In 1930 the VTOMP name was changed to the Union of Optico-Mechanical Companies ([[VOOMP]]), (=Всесоюзное объединение оптико-механической промышленности, ВООМП). A small number of cameras and lenses were produced under this name in the pre-war years, including the folder [[Fotokor-1]], and the [[VOOMP II Pioneer]] (one of the first Leica II copies made in the Soviet Union). During the transition, VOOMP and very early GOMZ logos can be found together on Fotokor-1 cameras. In 1932, the company was renamed once again to the "State Optical Mechanical Plant ([[GOMZ]]). [[File:Comzlogo.gif|thumb|ZOMZ logo early]] [[File:Zomz-logo.jpg|thumb|83px|ZOMZ logo late]] ===ZOMZ=== The Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant (ZOMZ=ЗОМЗ), in Zagorsk, Russia, was founded in 1935. The factory has manufactured a wide spectrum of the optical mechanical and optical electronic devices. Lenses that Zagorsk has produced include the [[Jupiter (lenses)|Jupiter 3]], [[39mm screw lenses#KMZ|Orion 15]], [[Mir 1]], Mir 1b and [[Tair]] 3A. [[File:12cd_01.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Zenit 12SD]]
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