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Workers at the Leningrad Experimental Shipyard made a variety of climbing gear in the 1950s-1980s when commercial western gear was not available in the USSR.
Aleksei Chernov sent me the following information:
In Russia, 1950-1980, ice axes were produced only at one factory, only one model, which changed its shape and logo at different times (they can all be traced by the stamp of the release date.) Ice axes could not be bought in stores, they were distributed from the factory to alpine camps. There were no commercial versions.
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↑ 430: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard of the VTsSPS
↑ 275: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard of the VTsSPS
↑ 485: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard Serac (Серас)
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