[Arran]

I have what I think is a Soviet Daugava model from the late 1950s, I wouldn't mind getting a parts chassis and a new dial for it, the tuning condenser is junk. I don't know if it's worth it though, maybe if I went over there on vacation and picked one up at their version of a flea market. It may be just as easy picking up a better example of the same model but who knows?
I also have a Soviet set from about 1966-67 vintage calls a "Chaika", it has a phonograph built into the top of the cabinet, it is in better shape then the Daugava but needs some work as well. All of the writing is in Cyrillic except for one corner of the dial that reads "Made in USSR Sample". Interesting that you should mention the power transformers having voltage taps on the primary, both of my sets have those, one was obviously an export model but I don't think that the other was, did they use different line voltages in different parts of the old Soviet Union? I heard a rumor that the government over there hired some American firms to supply equipment, or engineer part of the electrical grid back in the 1920s in the Eastern part of the USSR, I know that they did this with other things but who knows?
Regards
Arran