It is a nice copy of Minox 35.
Kiev 35A
Kiev 35A second hand, bought "as is" for 750F on september 27th, 1991.
Unfortunately it does not work; the film advance is anarchistic, that goes from overlapping sights to 2 centimeters apart sights on same film. I think a defect of care during the assembly, with metal parts not properly trimmed. More, the galvanometer which should show the shutter speed in the eyesight is assembled so that the needle is torn off when the case is opened.
Kiev 35A provided by Irina. Delivered in september 2011.
According to it's "certificate", made in 2003. "Made in Ukraine".
This one, I will not try to open it, not to break the galvanometer again!Curiosity: the 35A on top, purchased in France, has its markings in Cyrillic, and this one, bought in Ukraine, with its original user guide in Russian, has Western markings!
The Kiev 35A, as Minox, is designed to be powered by a PX27 battery. But the first one came with an adapter for four LR43, still easily found, while the PX27 is discontinued.