Russian forks with mark AK56 -please help

[liat]

Hallo,
I have two Russian forks with mark AK56 on them.
I believe it is silver.
Please help me understand what the marks means from which year it is?
Thanks.
Liat

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[Qrt.S]

Your question is half easy half difficult. What AK 56 means I have no idea, probably the factory. But НЕРЖ.СТ means stainless steel, СТАЛИН (Stalin) made of steel.
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[liat]

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[bronia]

НЕРЖ.СТ means stainless ( НЕРЖ-Nerzaveuzaa) , steel (СТ- Stal') . Not Stalin.
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[Qrt.S]

Correct Bronia, I already said that, but either my wording was bad or you misunderstood me. Stalin was just a kind of a comparison. The former soviet leader's name Stalin ,means "made of steel"/Stal=steel.
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[Владимирович]

Марка стали по советским (российским) стандартам соответствует 12Х18Н10Т (10%-Ni, 18%-Сr), по европейским стандартам это 321 группа. Сталь нержавеющая (пищевая нержавейка)

К Сталину ни какого отношения не имеет.

admin edit Google translation from Russian:
"Mark Steel on Soviet (Russian) standards met 12X18H10T (10%-Ni, 18% Cr), according to European standards is 321 group. Stainless steel (stainless steel food)

By Stalin nor any relationship does not."
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[vvall]

What AK 56 means I have no idea, probably the .

Yes, factory
In russian "Artel' imyeni Kirova"
1956
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