You're right, it is quite an incredible mechanical puzzle! The "Fialka" (Фиалка, meaning "Violet" in Russian) was indeed a Soviet encryption and coding machine developed in the 1950s.

You're right, it is quite an incredible mechanical puzzle! The "Fialka" (Фиалка, meaning "Violet" in Russian) was indeed a Soviet encryption and coding machine developed in the 1950s.

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