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Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut

1963

Black and white photographic print

1931-1937

Camera, oMo Cmeha 8M

1963-1971

Michelson actinometer

1955

Photograph of Muscovites watching moon broadcast

Lunar globe

1961-1964

Michelson actinometer

1960-1970

Stereoscopic pair of photographs showing two 'straight' cosmic-ray tracks on a single pair of photographs

1930-1937

Sir Patrick Moore's Russian Lunar Globe

Pocket Aneroid Barometer, 1871-1900

1871-1900

Universal equinoctial ring sundial signed (in Cyrillic) "A.S. Trindin

1701-1800

Stereoscopic pair of photographic prints mounted on paper

1930-1937

Stereoscopic pair of photographic prints mounted on paper

1930-1937

Silver ear trumpet

1848

Book on disarmament and the responsibility of scientists by Soviet physicist Moisey Markov dedicated to Hawking

1981
A colour photograph entitled 'Stalin Mask, Moscow ' by Nikolai Ignatiev. From an unknown Impressions Gallery exhibition featuring Network Photographers.

Stalin Mask, Moscow

Zenit UPA-5 portable enlarger manufactured by KMZ in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. The UPA-5 came broken down inside a briefcase. Assembly was simple as there were only seven pieces, eight if you include the base. There was a short rod that screwed into the main rod, the short rod locking into the tube in the outside of the case (right hand side of the lid in the photo) Pre-mounted to the rod was the light and lens carrier frame which had a pressure wheel with a knob to raise and lower the assembly for enlargements and a locking screw to fix the assembly for exposure. Onto the top of the lens assembly one pressure mounted the lower half of the light housing. You then put the bulb unit through the top of the light housing, screwed in the bulb, then twist-locked the top of the light housing to the bottom. After slotting in the negative holder and plugging in the light you were ready to go. Setting up took two minutes and dismantling even less. Certainly not the best enlarger that you could buy at the time but cheap and portable and very useful if you were travelling or didn’t have the space for a permanent darkroom. An ingenious and interesting piece of design.

Zenit Portable Enlarger

1970s
Russian Photo Sniper (or FotoSnaiper) camera, complete with case and accessories, 1965. Made by Zenit (Krasnogorski Mekhanicheskii Zavod)

Russian Photo Sniper camera

1965
Seven models of russian spacecrafts. Includes; Mir spacestation, and various rockets. Made by Glavkosmos, Moscow, USSR, 1990

model

1990
Zorki-4K camera in ever ready case. Made in USSR. Coupled rangefinder camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Jupiter-8 lens, F:50 f/2-22, No 7539395. Fabric focal plane shutter. Coupled coincidence type rangefinder combined with direct vision optical finder. X and M flash synchronisation, coaxial socket. Accessory shoe. Rotary frame counter. Lever windon. No 75896074.

Zorki-4K Camera

1972-1980
Portfolio (limited edition) of 21 black and white photographs by Rodchenko, Produced Moscow 1990. Printed from original plates and each bearing the Rodchenko Atelier Stamp. Boxed

Portfolio of 21 black and white photographs by Rodchenko

1990
Volga Mark21K motorcar, c1965. Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod or Gorky Automobile Plant, based in Russia, started to produce Volga cars in 1956. Registration number Q128 RGF

Volga Mark21K motor car

circa 1965
Electric muffle furnace, 250W, type R, by Franz Hugenhoff, Leipzig, and Moscow, Ubbelohde-Ofen, c. 1900

Electric muffle furnace

1900
An unmounted, black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Cutting Machine and Freight Train - Moscow, USSR", by an unknown photographer / TASS. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Cutting Machine and Freight Train - Moscow, USSR

Made in USSR. Zenith-ES camera body fitted to fast-focusig Tair-3-PhS lens, F:300mm, f/4.5 telephoto lens, No 0779. Pistol grip and shoulder stock; camera Serial No 74461178; metal fitted case with filters and Helios-44, F:58mm f/2 lens No 0491539; two reloadable cassettes. In original carton.

Photo Sniper Camera

1975
International Wool Secretariat photograph showing Sir Laurence Olivier and unidentified woman in a scene from William Congreve's Love for Love. Presented at Moscow's Kremlevsky Theatre.

Scene from Love for Love

1966