Vintage audio: the mixing console Electronica PM-04-3. Made in USSR

Elektronika, also spelt Electronika and Electronica (Russian: Электроника, “Electronics”), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, including calculators, electronic watches, portable games, and radios. Many Elektronika designs were the result of efforts by Soviet engineers, who were working for the Soviet military–industrial complex but were challenged with producing consumer goods that were in great shortage in the Soviet Union. The brand is still in use in Belarus.

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