Private company

Oktyabr

Logo: Retired electrician after product photos at Category:Oktyabr Vinnitsa integrated circuits, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Defunct electrotechnical and electronic enterprise in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, founded in 1962¹

The Oktyabr Plant, also known historically as the Vinnytsia Tube Plant (Ukrainian: Вінницький ламповий завод; Russian: Винницкий ламповый завод), was a major Soviet electronics manufacturer located in Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR (modern-day Ukraine). During the Cold War, the plant served as a core element of the Soviet radio-electronic and military-industrial complex, specializing in the mass fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs), semiconductor components, and high-frequency vacuum tubes.² It employed 5,000 people in 1995.¹ It is part of Ministry of electronics industry (USSR).¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1962Founded¹

Industryelectrical industry, electronics industry¹
Legal formproduction association¹

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Products and brands

cathode ray tube
compact fluorescent lamp
fluorescent lamp
integrated circuit
transistor
vacuum fluorescent display
vacuum tube

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Former owners and parents

Ministry of electronics industry (USSR) 1962 to 1990

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

19955,000¹

Timeline

2010Dissolved Dissolved¹
2007Dissolved Dissolved¹
1962Acquired Acquired by Ministry of electronics industry (USSR)¹
1962Founded Founded¹

Sources

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WikidataOktyabr on Wikidata
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WikipediaOktyabr on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsOktyabr logo by Retired electrician after product photos at Category:Oktyabr Vinnitsa integrated circuits, Public domain