I believe that the tanks they made performed well at the Battle of Kursk. The "Sturmovic" ground-attack aircraft is considered by many to be the best of WW2 . As for the present, I like the strength and ruggedness of Baikal shotguns.Then there are Russian wrist-watches (not bad either ) .....On the down side though, we once owned a Lada Estate car ...never again !!