СПОРТ (Sport), Russian road bicycle

Recently I got this late 80s/early 90s СПОРТ road bike.
I was surprised to find out that it was not made from gas pipes as, for example, REKORD track frames. Also, it has Italian threaded BB, which for me is a very good sign. I don't know the tubing (but I don't think it is Columbus of some sort).
Basically it is in good condition, no deep rust or damage (just the paint layer could have been thicker, but it is ok as it's now)
I think it stands somewhere in the middle between entry-level, low end REKORDS and СТАРТШОССЕs (Start Shose, road brother of track Rekord), and serious TAKHIONs or SAMOILOVs, so I am pretty happy with it.

I bought it to have some side-project while I will assemble other bikes.

The parts:
Cranks are the same as default ones for Takhions (great success), but the derailleurs are very heavy and unprecise from Start Shose, so the mechs will definitely need changing.
The best part is wheels - Mavic rims with Mavic 501 front hub. Rear hub is badged "Silva", but looks very similar to the front. Both have machine-sealed bearings.
The seatpost is a Super Record copy (26.0).
Fork looks nice and simple. I wonder if it comes from this same bike.

The bike is now split and the parts are now being washed at this exact moment, so keep checking this thread!

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Cleaned the parts last week and started putting them together today (brakes still dirty).

After cleaning the BB I discovered that the axle is Shimano 600.

Hope I put it together today

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it can be chempion shosse or some olympic year start shosse when they used lil better tubing and didnt drink as much as when producing standart frames. But it isnt close to takhions, sports, sprints, kvants tubing wise. It's defo higher grade then start shosse, and rekord, but it just had better qualitaty control. Check the year on the right dropout.
Fork is completely straight? I know it aint lined up in picture, but it looks that way....

No, the tubing is absolutely different from takhions etc., but it isn't start shosse either.
I had a lot of startshoses, and the tubing is nothing similar compared to them (+ the Italian threaded bottom bracket).

I also had suspicions that it might be Champion shosse, but I must compare them side by side...

The year on the rear dropout (and crankset) is '87

Hmmm that's pretty cool. It's kinda ugly but has potential when it is cleaned up.