Zorki cameras have their roots in the FED line of Leica copies.

By 1949, KMZ had made some design changes and started manufacturing the FED-Zorki, which later became known as the Zorki 1.

The Zorki 1 was the first Zorki-branded body produced at the KMZ factory.

Some later models have "Zorki" engraved in Cyrillic and in Latin; these are for export and are often referred to as "Zorki-Zorki" bodies on assorted Soviet-camera mailing lists.

[1] This article was originally based on "Zorki 1" in Camerapedia, retrieved at an unknown date under the GNU Free Documentation License.