Originally Posted by SyntaxPC
For those that are not Cyrillicly-inclined (and are interested), the label on the downtube is written in cursive, which is equivalent to "Украина" in block letters. This translates to what is apparently the bike's model name: Ukraine.
The head badge looks like it reads "XB3," however, the "3" is most likely not a number; it is a Cyrillic letter that is equivalent to the Roman letter "Z." I'm guessing that stands for "Харьков Велосипед Завод" which transliterates to "Kharkov Velocipyed Zavod" and translates to "Kharkov Bicycle Plant."
wow. so stalinst somehow.
slightly OT, but who has that picture of the chinese communists riding two on the bike, with one shooting the runningdogreformists while riding on the pegs?