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Originally posted by okynek

Name for the project always came from the top. Designers were the last who can make any inputs on the names of the projects.

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Only facts:
Zorki-3M: "M" for N.M. Marenkov, the creator (btw: the mechanoerecting works metalworker).
Zenit-E: "E" for N.M. Egorov, one of the creators (and KMZ director, but he was in a design group also).
Zenit-D: "D" for I.A. Derzhavin, this camera circuit creator.

Quite enough...

See also
http://www.zenitcamera.com/qa/qa-names.html
http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/history/marks.html

Yes, I would be happy if someone called me "Weel" or "Vil". The exact way someone would read or say a name or word is not so important to me as is the meaning or intent behind it.

I would say Newton's Laws of Physics is a more exact scientific law than the art of language translation, which as you know, can vary and change depending on the languages being translated, the skill of the translator, and the inflection of the speaker or writer. Gravity does not change in these ways.

You quote me wrongly and even changed my sentence, I did not say:

" Soviet ministry that ran industry in the Soviet Union, were not ignorant or stupid"

I said:

"I'm quite sure that the KMZ designers and management, as well as the Soviet ministry that ran industry in the Soviet Union, were not ignorant or stupid (look at their designs and industries, including space travel)..."

So, I would just add, and then I am finished with this topic, that I have no doubts that some Soviet managers and ministries were poorly run and non-responsive to the workers under them. But considering some of the achievements in camera design and manufacture, I would not think that the exact name is less important than the product and it's functionality.



Regards, Bill