Soviet developers for films

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tho60

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Do you have Soviet books regarding film and chemicals?

I am eager for developing my films with authentical Soviet developers made from raw chemicals. Could you tell me some recommended formulae for developing 135 format film, from the 50's and 60's?
You can simply scan some pages from your books and I will get translated them.

Thank you very much.
 
I know a lot of chemicals were produced in East Germany under OrWo, later Calbe Chemie and they were used in the whole East Block.
I am talking about R09, A-49 well they had a whole bunch some new developed, some copied from Agfa / I.G. Farben.
But I am sure in Russia itself they also had alternatives, however I do not have any literature about this.
It is the same with the films: OrWo was also here known and more or less their premium product were Tasma or Svema was for their internal market only and in general less in quality.
 
Some links are pointing out to old OrWo receipts, made in East Germany. I doubt many Russian type developers were originally made because the Sovjets were very good in copying these things. But if you want I can ask my Ukrainian friend who has a photo lab in Odessa.
 
The most common and recommended recipe for developing 135 film in the USSR was the so-called СТ-2. Developing time printed on soviet film packages was meant for this developer. СТ-2 was universal back then. It is similar to AGFA-12, ORWO-12, ANSCO-12. I know my uncle was mixing it himself in 1960's when he was learning photography. I'd suggest to try it first. Here's the canonical recipe found in most soviet photo books:

Metol - 8 g
Sodium sulphite anhydrous - 125 g
Sodium carbonate anhydrous - 5.75 g
Potassium bromide - 2.5 g
Water - 1 L
 
Silme Ea said:
The most common and recommended recipe for developing 135 film in the USSR was the so-called СТ-2. Developing time printed on soviet film packages was meant for this developer. СТ-2 was universal back then. It is similar to AGFA-12, ORWO-12, ANSCO-12. I know my uncle was mixing it himself in 1960's when he was learning photography. I'd suggest to try it first. Here's the canonical recipe found in most soviet photo books:

Metol - 8 g
Sodium sulphite anhydrous - 125 g
Sodium carbonate anhydrous - 5.75 g
Potassium bromide - 2.5 g
Water - 1 L
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Thank you very much. CT-2 or ST-2, regarding tranliteration? Were there M.Q. developers as well?
 
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