In 2016, I visited the territory of the former Radiotehnika factory in Riga.
The famous radio factory that produced the legendary S90 and S30 speakers, many amplifiers, turntables and tape recorders once supplied the entire USSR with household appliances and every second Soviet family had its products, but could not survive independence Latvia.
The plant was founded in 1927, during the German occupation produced Telefunken products, during the Soviet era it employed 20,000 people and the plant produced 6,000 speakers per day. Alas, after Latvia gained independence, nobody needed the plant. All attempts to revive the plant and even its merger with another famous Riga plant VEF, known for its radios and telephones, did not help.
Now some buildings of the plant have been turned into supermarkets, some are rented out as warehouses, some are abandoned. This is what the territory looks like.
One of the workshops.
The inside is empty.
Another factory building.
Plant management building.
There is a new sign VEF Radiotehnika RRR on the building.
The legendary speakers Radiotehnika S90 are the dream of all music lovers of the Soviet Union.
When I was a schoolboy, I dreamed of small S30 speakers and this kind of HI-FI-equipment Radiotehnika.
Of course, it's a pity that the giant of Soviet industry suffered such a fate.
Do you remember the products of the Radiotechnika plant?
© Alexey Nadyozhin
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