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1934-55 FED 1 | 1955-70 FED 2 | 1963-72 FED 3b | 1969-70 FED 4B | 1975-90 FED 5B |
The FED derived its name from Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky's initials, the founder of the Soviet Secret Police. The FED was made in Kharkov, Ukraine at a Youth Rehabilitation Commune. FED was the first successful Leica copy first made in 1934, only two years after Leitz introduced the Leica II. |
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1948 Zorki 1 | 1953 Zenit | 1955-60 Zorki 2C | 1955-56 Zorki 3C | 1959 Zorki 5 (type 2) | 1959-66 Zorki 6 |
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KMZ "Krasnogorsk Mekanicheski Zavod" or Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory is in a suburb of Moscow and is named after the suburb. Both Zorki and Zenit brands were made there through the 1990's. |
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1947-52 Kiev III | 1947-55 Kiev II | 1964 GOMZ Leningrad |