Museum of Soviet Calculators

Selected by STERN, Newsweek, New Scientist, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Netscape, Yahoo!, De Volkskrant, Russia Today, and many more as a significant "Cool Site"!

"Possible is that which can be done immediately, impossible that which takes a little longer..."

Start the Tour!

This tour arrow, and the title bar tour arrow on each page, will take you on a guided tour through the major parts of this site, including all Soviet manufactured machines.

The tour does not include external links, articles, or non-Soviet machines. Be sure to read all the articles listed in the article index, too!

Welcome to the Museum! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Davie, I'm based in Hobart, Tasmania, and I'm a collector of hand-held computing devices such as slide rules and electronic calculators.

On this site you will find pictures and details about all the Soviet electronic calculators that I know about. Most of the data on this site appear due to the generous contribution of images and information by fellow calculator collectors, and from my new Russian friends, to whom I send my thanks. I do not have most of these calculators in my collection! Special thanks to Sergei Frolov. He's provided most of the images you see on this site, and is a wonderful source for information about these machines. You can see Sergei's home page, too!

For a fascinating overview of the history of Soviet Calculators, read Kenton Green's article Red Calculators and Sergei Frolov's equally fascinating article Soviet Calculators History. They've both done amazing jobs researching, and I thank them for their many fine contributions to the site.

Be sure to read the Ballad of Igor & Vlad; the most amazing "small world" story I know, and be very sure not to miss the absolutely incredible article The journey of the big numbers from Greg Escov, and all the other fascinating articles on this site, too!

Enjoy your visit. And once you're done, please take the time to sign my guestbook...

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Cheers!

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The above are just a few of the 130+ machines on this site!

What's New!
Look here to see what important updates have been made to the site recently. This should probably be your first stop on a return visit to the site.

Complete Visual Indexes
Visual indexes of all the machines presented on this site, with links to individual pages for each machine. To find a particular machine, use the indexes below.

Mechanical Monsters
The Electronic Age!
Iskra, C3 Series
B3 Series
MK Series
Export Machines

Article Index
Several people around the world have written interesting articles about Soviet Calculators, their history, quirks and functionality. These articles are available from the Article Index page, and provide a fascinating insight into the world of Red Calculators.

Search This Site
Two search services currently index this site... type your query in either of the search boxes and click the search button. Most machines have a dash between the family (MK, B3, C3) and the model number. For example, MK-47.

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© Andrew Davie & contributors.
Unless indicated to the contrary, permission is granted for private non-commercial use of images and text.

Selected by STERN, Newsweek, New Scientist, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Netscape, Yahoo!, De Volkskrant, Russia Today, and many more as a significant "Cool Site"!

"Possible is that which can be done immediately, impossible that which takes a little longer..."

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