A 3x3x3 from the former Soviet Union. Made in and after 1983.

• Inventor : Ernő Rubik
• Mechanism : 3x3x3
• Patents : Unknown
• Producer : USSR
• Year : 1983
• Original Price : 7.50 USD
• Average Price : Unknown USD

This puzzle is named кубик Рубика, transliterated Kubik Rubika which means Rubik's Cube.
Another mass produced 3x3x3. So far so unspectacular. Special about this one is that it was produced in the former Soviet Union in more than twenty different production plants.

The long text on the package translates to:
"This toy develops logical thinking and spacial imagination. There could be 6 different colours on each side of the cube in different variations. The aim of the game is to put one side OR all sides at the same time in order. This toy is for children of age from 7 to 16 years old. Produced with license from Konsumeks-Polytoys, Hungary."

There were several different production plants in the soviet union which produced this 3x3x3. They were produced sometimes with black bodies, sometimes with wihte one. Also the stickers use a variety of different sticker colours. These vary even within cubes produced by the same factory.
The number of versions is even higher because some factories embossed their logos onto a face piece. Even this logo and colour of that piece varied for the same factory.
Please refer to the image captions to see the automatic translations of the production plants.

According to dates stamped on the packaged the production ran from no later than 1983 to at least 1990.
Judging from these dates the original price started with 4.50 roubles and was later lowered to 4.00 roubles.
The original price given here is based on the official exchange rate (0.6 roubles per dollar) although in socialist time this was completely theoretical. The price (in roubles) is printed on the package and sometimes embossed on the cube.

Since there are so many variants for the cubes and the packages, all the images have to split up between several entries. Please refer to the other entries with the same name.

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