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The pedigree of Russian optical design (or what's known of it) seems fascinating, I hope some day one of the main protagonists will write a memoir to fill in the gaps.
There appear to be several diverse continuing lines of Russian Mak designs. The Intes-Micro Maks are quite different from the original Intes Maks, whose designs seem to live on at Santel (though I have no way of knowing for sure).
Andrey Strakhov, the designer of my Intes MK-67, is now designing Super-APOs at Astreya (some of his designs were sold by WO under their FLT moniker). By all accounts those Astreya refractors are up there with the very best at a much more agreeable price.
Cheers
Steffen.
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