Old soviet models ;p
Like Lutblag and...Stalin..
Actually there was an East German vacuum which simply said on it VEB J.Stalin or something, VEB being the East German corporate prefix.
You can often see them on the german ebay.
It'll be a warm day in Hel before I acknoledge Vax as being part of Dirt Devil ;p
Besides, that's the first Vax design from the 80s..I had one, cute little cleaner really..castors like 70s office furniture.
Oh I had a 600 series, nice little vacuum in essence, lol.
Sort of a "stepping stone" between the 500 and the Contour, the Contour being the last of the decent European Electroluxes in my opinion.