l.a. tronics. another one made minivans which were used as ambulances throughout the soviet union. today their production line stand idle. factory workers an engine is one of the small business. plans for years highly skilled professionals have left the country in search of a job. culture is that so much as i can recall the right side of the deal is u.s. president barack obama still an honorable recipient of the nobel peace prize to be fair he inherited two wars from assuming office. under the soviets this factory provided jobs for twelve thousand workers it made radio sense radio cassette players and tape recorders to cater to the needs of people across the soviet union. by the late one nine hundred eighty s. several plans making radio and electronic equipment had been set up in latvia they were the soviet union's most advanced enterprises would not know of the goober in soviet times i worked in a similar oratory for about fifteen years but of course i only saw the break up of the soviet union in europe there were close to eight hundred employees in the design bureau where i mysel