LOMO LC-A

Limited Edition LOMO LC-A made in 1985 for The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union held in 1986

Pristine sample from a batch of 6000 Lomo LC-A cameras – most of the initial production of the new LC-A – given away to dignitaries and delegates at the XXVII Communist Party Congress in 1986, where they were a huge sensation.

The small commemorative plaque on the top of the camera is made of brass with red enamel.

The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 25 February to 6 March 1986 in Moscow. This was the first congress presided over by Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

In accordance with the pattern set 20 years earlier by Leonid Brezhnev, the congress occurred five years after the previous CPSU Congress. Much had changed in those five years. Key figures of Soviet politics, Mikhail Suslov, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Dmitriy Ustinov, and Konstantin Chernenko had died, and Mikhail Gorbachev had become General Secretary of the Party. For this reason the congress was widely anticipated, both at home and abroad, as an indicator of Gorbachev's new policies and directions. The congress was attended by 4993 delegates. It elected the 27th Central Committee.