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	==Notable Models==		==Notable Models==
	Pobeda (Russian:Victory) is a Russian brand of wrist-watches owned by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa". The brand name was chosen by Stalin himself. In April 1945 he gave the order that the first watches be ready for the 1st year of Victory celebration. The first prototype came out of the Penza factory by the end of 1945, and the first model for the public came out of the Kirov Watch Factory in March 1946.		[[Pobeda]] (Russian:Victory) is a Russian brand of wrist-watches owned by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa". The brand name was chosen by Stalin himself. In April 1945 he gave the order that the first watches be ready for the 1st year of Victory celebration. The first prototype came out of the Penza factory by the end of 1945, and the first model for the public came out of the Kirov Watch Factory in March 1946.



	==Links==		==Links==

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	Watches sold to the military were marked "ЗАКАЗ МО СССР", meaning "Ordered by the Ministry of Defence of the USSR". These models were sold exclusively through Voentorg stores, which catered to military personnel with identification only. Today, these models have become sought-after collectibles.		Watches sold to the military were marked "ЗАКАЗ МО СССР", meaning "Ordered by the Ministry of Defence of the USSR". These models were sold exclusively through Voentorg stores, which catered to military personnel with identification only. Today, these models have become sought-after collectibles.

			==Notable Models==
			Pobeda (Russian:Victory) is a Russian brand of wrist-watches owned by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa". The brand name was chosen by Stalin himself. In April 1945 he gave the order that the first watches be ready for the 1st year of Victory celebration. The first prototype came out of the Penza factory by the end of 1945, and the first model for the public came out of the Kirov Watch Factory in March 1946.



	==Links==		==Links==

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Vostok

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	==Vostok==		==Vostok==
	Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.#		Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.

	==History==		==History==

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Vostok

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	==Vostok==		==Vostok==
	Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.#		Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.#

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	==Vostok==		==Vostok==
	Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.		Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.#

			==History==

			The Vostok Watch Makers company was founded in 1942 when one of the Moscow watch-making plants of the First Moscow Watch Factory was evacuated to Chistopol, a small town located on the Kama River in Tatarstan. Only defence equipment was produced during the war years, but as soon as the war was over the company started making mechanical wrist watches. However, the company did not begin using the "Vostok" brand name until the 1960s. Presumably, the "Vostok" brand was named after the Vostok space programme, as were some other soviet watch brands, namely [[Poljot]] and [[Raketa]].

			The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie ("Commander's") watch. The experience gained through development of the army watch led to the Amphibia, a stainless-steel diving watch able to withstand a 200-metre depth (20atm). By 1980, Vostok Watch Makers was producing 4.5 million timepieces per year.

			Watches sold to the military were marked "ЗАКАЗ МО СССР", meaning "Ordered by the Ministry of Defence of the USSR". These models were sold exclusively through Voentorg stores, which catered to military personnel with identification only. Today, these models have become sought-after collectibles.

			==Links==
			* [[Russia]]
			* [[Military Watches]]
			* [[Famous Watches and Their Owners]]

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==Vostok==
Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian:literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and waterproof mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.