Soviet vacuum cleaners have a very interesting history. I think their designs are inspired from what Americans had at the time (Hoover, Electrolux) One of my favorite soviet vacuums is probably the Saturn (google soviet saturn vacuum) it's inspired by the Hoover Constellation. :) My grandfather has (2 i believe) soviet vacuums, when I'll visit Russia i will bring a camera with me and try to make a video about at least one of them. I would love to bring one to Spain but unfortunately they're too heavy and shipping them is too much of a hassle. Although i might somehow get one some day you never know. The text below PNP-400 UHL 4.2 translates to GOST 10280-83 and from what i found on the net i believe it's basically a soviet standard for how vacuum cleaners have to be build, this machine complies the requirements of those standards. The letter at the end of the year is the letter G and year in Russian is "god". Your really lucky to have one as i have no idea how it ended up in the UK.
Thank you for the info it's very much appreciated. I've seen pictures of the Saturn machine before - they are such cool little cleaners. I don't think we'll ever know why on earth the Raketa ended up in the UK but at least it's been saved as a classic example of Russian engineering :)
Enjoying your lockdown videos from the not so good vacuums like the Goblin to the quality Electrolux 310 to this unusual machine Russian machine,thanks for for sharing and keep the videos coming.
Good day! Despite the global lack of quality like the whobbling front wheel, such vacuum cleaners (by the way this one is called Raketa and not Paketa, it is cyrillic alphabet) as most soviet appliances is pretty much unkillable and easy to be repaired without special knowledge and special tools. It is more or less the same approach to conception as UK's Henry vacuum cleaner which is still produced and sold (I am not saying they are looking the same nor have the same parameters). Also as for quality, the 80's with Perestroika was the period of the empire's fall and in all domains the quality was lower than for example in the 60s or 70s. As for the basket in the bag, it was understood from conception that at least a part of users would not take a lot of care of it and use it not only to remove dust from the carpet but also to vacuum nails, metal shreds near a lathe and various other things. The blower part is also interresting. A lot of people used it during home reparation to spray paint. If you would like to see more or less the full range of soviet vacuum cleaners, look here: t0p.info/pylesosy-proizvodstva-sssr/ Your vacuum cleaner is a simplified, from the design point of view, variant of the second picture. A last point that can interrest some people, calling this appliance Russian or Ukrainian or any other name would be inexact. It is Soviet and made in Dnepropetrovsk/Dnipropetrovsk (since 2016 called Dnipro) on the territory of what is now Ukraine. At the time an appliance could be conceived by engineers of all nationalities (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarus, Uzbek, Armenian and so on...) in one part of USSR, sent to be produced in another part of USSR by workers which were also of all nationalities (while predominantly of the local nationality) and then this appliance would be sent to be sold at a fixed price printed on it in every corner of USSR and "friendly republics" out of USSR. The factory producing this vacuum cleaner was called AviaAgregat and produced parts for planes... and vacuum cleaners! I hope this was of interrest for some people =)
By the way it would be really interresting to know how this one happenned to be in the UK! The USSR exported to the UK and rest of Europe cars, film cameras, watches and some other things (always with a badge in latin letters and sometimes with a local name) but I haven't heard of exporting vacuum cleaners to this part of Europe but who knows... If you are interrested in some particular things produced in USSR, I can try to look for the info for you.
I don't know what to say, thank you so so much for all the information you've given us on this cleaner. If I could hug you I would! Fascinating to know the history about the cleaner, the information about the internal bag cage and how / where they were manufactured. Thanks again!!!
Eastern bloc vacuums didn’t progress in design due to the low demand for them throughout the 80s, most people started buying vacuums in the 70s when they were available and due to their simple deigns they survived for well over 20 years. This means that effort put into vacuuming appliances was decreased and moved into other small appliances. Also a fun fact the blower end of the vacuum was used as a hair dryer or some vacuums even came with spray painting or mattress filling ends similar to a Kirby.
CCCP in Cyrillic is an acronym for: Объединенная Советская Социалистическая Республика or as we know it: USSR: United Soviet Socialist Republic (English isn't my 1st language so sorry if written very bad)
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium The best impression on me did "Elekrosila 2M" (электросила 2М ) with all stuf inside and seat on the top ;) But still weak and loud soviet motor inside with that specific sound.:D
I have the same vacuum cleaner bought by my aunt from erstwhile USSR back in 1989 . We used this vacuum cleaner till 2010 and is still running good although suction isn't good as per present technology. However, the dust bag got damaged and spare part isn't available here in India. Could you please suggest what cloth should be used for replacement of dust bag so as to make it work again or is there any other compatible dust bag available online. Thanks in advance .
I'm really not sure about the dustbag material. I'd probably find a bag from an old Electrolux and get the sewing machine out. Try and make the replacement bag fit the machine. Probably wouldn't be easy to do but worth a try!
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium thank you for the reply. Electrolux would be difficult. Tried few types of cloth but suction is too low. I believe the material should be a bit permeable to allow suction . The ones I used were too impermeable and suction might have been reduced due to that.
Try to buy a big shop vac bag and smush it in the reketa make sure that the bag is like a bit on the outside or buy any bag and smush it inside and then put in the original bag hope it helps😊
The use of the words "continuous operation" on the rating plate is probably related to telling the user how long the appliance could be used for. You don't see it so much now, but a lot of small appliances (such as food mixers, knives, blenders etc) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s had the word "intermittent" stamped onto the rating plate, to indicate that the appliance must not be used to excess. Some appliances said "continuous", but that's rare. Indeed, it was possible to find what the "rated on" time was, along with the period of rest that was required afterwards. I'm not at all sure if many (any?) people knew about this, or even bothered to find out what it was, but it existed, as Jenny Webb mentions at the very end of the video below: ruclips.net/video/1g9KdYZuR5w/видео.html
Гост seems to translate as Gost (if whatever translator can't pick it up then installing the relative language pack and using the on screen keyboard can help). Gost is their technical standards board (like BSI, DIN Etc.) and the corresponding number is the standard, doing a search online in this case it is for vacuum cleaners with a dry filter, not surprising really given it's a vacuum cleaner with a dry filter 😁 www.russiangost.com/p-19794-gost-10280-83.aspx
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium Yes the moment I found out it translated as GOST I knew it must be standards related as I have seen it printed on items in the same place as other regulatory marks.
The vacuum cleaners made in Russia in the 1980s were just plain ugly, but earlier 1960s models were much nicer like this: ruclips.net/video/BiU6i85ByeE/видео.html Also named rocket but from 1964. There was another vacuum cleaner that looked the same but had a slip instead of a sleeve named czajka
Soviet vacuum cleaners have a very interesting history. I think their designs are inspired from what Americans had at the time (Hoover, Electrolux)
One of my favorite soviet vacuums is probably the Saturn (google soviet saturn vacuum) it's inspired by the Hoover Constellation. :)
My grandfather has (2 i believe) soviet vacuums, when I'll visit Russia i will bring a camera with me and try to make a video about at least one of them.
I would love to bring one to Spain but unfortunately they're too heavy and shipping them is too much of a hassle. Although i might somehow get one some day you never know.
The text below PNP-400 UHL 4.2 translates to GOST 10280-83 and from what i found on the net i believe it's basically a soviet standard for how vacuum cleaners have to be build, this machine complies the requirements of those standards. The letter at the end of the year is the letter G and year in Russian is "god".
Your really lucky to have one as i have no idea how it ended up in the UK.
Thank you for the info it's very much appreciated. I've seen pictures of the Saturn machine before - they are such cool little cleaners.
I don't think we'll ever know why on earth the Raketa ended up in the UK but at least it's been saved as a classic example of Russian engineering :)
Enjoying your lockdown videos from the not so good vacuums like the Goblin to the quality Electrolux 310 to this unusual machine Russian machine,thanks for for sharing and keep the videos coming.
Good day!
Despite the global lack of quality like the whobbling front wheel, such vacuum cleaners (by the way this one is called Raketa and not Paketa, it is cyrillic alphabet) as most soviet appliances is pretty much unkillable and easy to be repaired without special knowledge and special tools. It is more or less the same approach to conception as UK's Henry vacuum cleaner which is still produced and sold (I am not saying they are looking the same nor have the same parameters). Also as for quality, the 80's with Perestroika was the period of the empire's fall and in all domains the quality was lower than for example in the 60s or 70s.
As for the basket in the bag, it was understood from conception that at least a part of users would not take a lot of care of it and use it not only to remove dust from the carpet but also to vacuum nails, metal shreds near a lathe and various other things.
The blower part is also interresting. A lot of people used it during home reparation to spray paint.
If you would like to see more or less the full range of soviet vacuum cleaners, look here:
t0p.info/pylesosy-proizvodstva-sssr/
Your vacuum cleaner is a simplified, from the design point of view, variant of the second picture.
A last point that can interrest some people, calling this appliance Russian or Ukrainian or any other name would be inexact. It is Soviet and made in Dnepropetrovsk/Dnipropetrovsk (since 2016 called Dnipro) on the territory of what is now Ukraine. At the time an appliance could be conceived by engineers of all nationalities (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarus, Uzbek, Armenian and so on...) in one part of USSR, sent to be produced in another part of USSR by workers which were also of all nationalities (while predominantly of the local nationality) and then this appliance would be sent to be sold at a fixed price printed on it in every corner of USSR and "friendly republics" out of USSR. The factory producing this vacuum cleaner was called AviaAgregat and produced parts for planes... and vacuum cleaners!
I hope this was of interrest for some people =)
By the way it would be really interresting to know how this one happenned to be in the UK! The USSR exported to the UK and rest of Europe cars, film cameras, watches and some other things (always with a badge in latin letters and sometimes with a local name) but I haven't heard of exporting vacuum cleaners to this part of Europe but who knows...
If you are interrested in some particular things produced in USSR, I can try to look for the info for you.
I don't know what to say, thank you so so much for all the information you've given us on this cleaner. If I could hug you I would!
Fascinating to know the history about the cleaner, the information about the internal bag cage and how / where they were manufactured. Thanks again!!!
You are very welcome! I am always happy to help!
Eastern bloc vacuums didn’t progress in design due to the low demand for them throughout the 80s, most people started buying vacuums in the 70s when they were available and due to their simple deigns they survived for well over 20 years. This means that effort put into vacuuming appliances was decreased and moved into other small appliances. Also a fun fact the blower end of the vacuum was used as a hair dryer or some vacuums even came with spray painting or mattress filling ends similar to a Kirby.
Brilliant! This is the kind of knowledge that I love to hear about the mysterious and unusual vacuums in my collection. Thank you so much :)
Worth noting that in Russian the P symbol represents an R. Meaning it's a Raketa which is more in line with its meaning naturally. 😀
CCCP
in Cyrillic is an acronym for: Объединенная Советская Социалистическая Республика
or as we know it: USSR: United Soviet Socialist Republic
(English isn't my 1st language so sorry if written very bad)
Could picture something like this up to the late 70s but not 1988! Has some very decedent features for a soviet machine that's for sure.
Saw one of those recently on one of these ‘restoration’ Facebook pages lol
ruclips.net/video/CVi4HT6q_HM/видео.html
@@TomVacuum Funniest bit about the vid is the Royalty free Christmas jingle towards the end
Soviet cleaners looks weird even when I compare it with polish ones ;)
They are just wonderful, I love them!
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium The best impression on me did "Elekrosila 2M" (электросила 2М ) with all stuf inside and seat on the top ;)
But still weak and loud soviet motor inside with that specific sound.:D
@@TakJakbyLuksusowo faktycznie rosyjskie odkurzacze wyglądają dziwnie
And I have New this vacuum cleaner;)
I have the same vacuum cleaner bought by my aunt from erstwhile USSR back in 1989 . We used this vacuum cleaner till 2010 and is still running good although suction isn't good as per present technology.
However, the dust bag got damaged and spare part isn't available here in India.
Could you please suggest what cloth should be used for replacement of dust bag so as to make it work again or is there any other compatible dust bag available online.
Thanks in advance .
I'm really not sure about the dustbag material. I'd probably find a bag from an old Electrolux and get the sewing machine out. Try and make the replacement bag fit the machine. Probably wouldn't be easy to do but worth a try!
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium thank you for the reply.
Electrolux would be difficult.
Tried few types of cloth but suction is too low.
I believe the material should be a bit permeable to allow suction .
The ones I used were too impermeable and suction might have been reduced due to that.
You can sew one yourself using cheesecloth
Try to buy a big shop vac bag and smush it in the reketa make sure that the bag is like a bit on the outside or buy any bag and smush it inside and then put in the original bag hope it helps😊
We have so many of these in Hungary! They are pretty cheap here.
I need to come to Hungary and ship a few back home!
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium
My personal favourite is the Paketa 7. I have a new in box one.
@Logan Starr You could literally buy one in decent condition for 20-40 dollars.
@Logan Starr Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
@@alexkoszorus8223 Finally an another Hungarian man who knows about the Paketa vacuum cleaners.
Is it Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Snapped Knicker Elastic, or Smell of Burning Plastic? Haha- I love these Soviet models, i've got an East German one..
Oooh nice! Yes they are really cool and interesting machines
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium You got Instagram? I'll have to take pics..
The use of the words "continuous operation" on the rating plate is probably related to telling the user how long the appliance could be used for. You don't see it so much now, but a lot of small appliances (such as food mixers, knives, blenders etc) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s had the word "intermittent" stamped onto the rating plate, to indicate that the appliance must not be used to excess. Some appliances said "continuous", but that's rare. Indeed, it was possible to find what the "rated on" time was, along with the period of rest that was required afterwards. I'm not at all sure if many (any?) people knew about this, or even bothered to find out what it was, but it existed, as Jenny Webb mentions at the very end of the video below:
ruclips.net/video/1g9KdYZuR5w/видео.html
Interesting point and thanks for the video link :)
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium You are welcome, and thank you for this and all your replies. It makes it worthwhile to know I may be helping.
I HAD SAME ONE BUT ITS GREEN BUT TODAY SOMETING HAPPEND WITH HIS SOUND
Oh no, hope you can save it
I have the manual for this vacuum cleaner;)
No it Cyrillic letters P is R and you pronounce wrong 😀 RAKETA like a rocket 😉
Haha I know, sorry, I wasn't taugh Cyrillic in school lol ;) I've learnt my lesson
I’m sure they puta lot of thought into this machine. Hmm 🤔. I see in the background a couple of Hoover dial a Magic’s. Are they coming up next?
Dial-A-Matic!
I've done the 1124 (orange one), the Power Drive and the 1128. I think there's two more to do
Гост seems to translate as Gost (if whatever translator can't pick it up then installing the relative language pack and using the on screen keyboard can help).
Gost is their technical standards board (like BSI, DIN Etc.) and the corresponding number is the standard, doing a search online in this case it is for vacuum cleaners with a dry filter, not surprising really given it's a vacuum cleaner with a dry filter 😁
www.russiangost.com/p-19794-gost-10280-83.aspx
Ha that's brilliant! Thank you :)
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium Yes the moment I found out it translated as GOST I knew it must be standards related as I have seen it printed on items in the same place as other regulatory marks.
The Cyrillic R is a P
Great videos. Do you have a Electrolux 345 for sale
Fraid not sorry
hi vintage appliance emporium its actually pronounced raketa the word p in ukrainian and russian is actually thw word r in ukrainian and russian
That's a great piece of knowledge! Thank you for letting me know :)
@@TheVintageApplianceEmporium yor welcome:)
Would love to see what this pulls on a waterlift tester!
Not very much I'd think lol
The P in PAKETA is pronounced R
V11 destroyer lol 😂
The vacuum cleaners made in Russia in the 1980s were just plain ugly, but earlier 1960s models were much nicer like this:
ruclips.net/video/BiU6i85ByeE/видео.html
Also named rocket but from 1964.
There was another vacuum cleaner that looked the same but had a slip instead of a sleeve named czajka
Do you have a kirby
I have a few of them
PAKETA is pronounced roah-kee-ta