Transistor Radios Around the World

1967 Orljonok (Орлёнок)

Micro-pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
3 3/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 97 x 54 x 29 mm
2-band LW/MW, seven transistors, superheterodyne circuit
Manufactured at Sarapulsky Radioworks Ordzhonikidze, Sarapoul, Russia

Extremely cute little micro radios, especially with their toy-like cabinet colors. Smaller and better proportioned than the squarish and much more commonly found Cosmos and Cosmos-M. LW/MW band switch on cabinet back, two ferrite rod antennas, and a socket or screw attachment on the cabinet's side for a wire antenna. This "first" version was produced at least through 1970.

1967 Orljonok (Орлёнок) Note the pentagonal "State Quality Mark of the USSR"
emblem to the right of the Орлёнок name, the stamp of the Soviet agency
established in 1967 to distinguish higher-quality products made in the USSR

Three Orljonoks — the green one on the left was made
for the domestic market and the other two for export

domestic and export — "Made in USSR" indicates an export radio

chassis of domestic version

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