Comment by thewanderer1983

Another one worth mentioning is the Fialka. It was a cipher machine used all the way up to the 90's. It was only a little better than the Enigma and lagged far behind what the western world was using. Not sure why they bothered to try to destroy most of them. It's interesting from the technology perspective just how far behind the soviets were in some areas. Fast forward to today and China isn't in the same boat. A lot of their technology is on par and there are even areas where they surpass the west.