Awangard 55 television receiver

The Awangard 55 television receiver is a mains-powered superheterodyne with a built-in speaker, equipped with 19 vacuum tubes and a black-and-white CRT. The device was designed to receive television programmes (on one of the five channels) or radio stations. The Awangard was manufactured by the Nikolai Kozicki Factory in Leningrad. The Awangard model was developed by the Leningrad Research Institute Number 380. Two models of the television set were manufactured: Awangard TL-1 and Awangard 55. The latter differs from the former in its housing, as the top cover, under which the speaker and control knobs were placed, was eliminated. The modernised version has a channel switch on the side wall. Both models had a built-in antenna, enabling reception of signals from a nearby television studio (between 3 and 5 km). Manufacturer: Kozicki Factory, 1955-1957 Inv. No.: MIM1506/VI-210 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA