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Arsenal factory
Kiev (Russian: Киев) was the brandname of a series of
photo (film) cameras, manufactured
by the Arsenal Factory
(Russian: Завод Арсенал)
in Kiev (Ukraine), at that time part of the
Soviet Union (USSR).
The company acquired faim when – in 1960 – they released their first miniature snapshot
camera for the consumer market:
the Kiev Vega (Russian: Вега), merely a copy of the Minolta 16.
Arsenal was founded in 1764, and was re-established in 1946 — following WWII —
as a military facility. The company used
the former Zeiss production facilities that had been relocated from Germany to Kiev (Ukraine).
Among the first products were clones of Hasselblad, Zeiss Ikon, Nikon and Pentacon
cameras, commonly sold under the Kiev brand name. Although
Arsenal survived the
Cold War
and the collapse of the Soviet Union,
the camera business was closed down in 2009 [2].
➤ More about Arsenal
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Kiev cameras on this website
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1957 Salyut (copy of Hasselblad 1600)
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