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Helios 44 and Industar 50 are nice ways to get into manual lenses. Since you are using a mirrorless camera, you can also look into more compact rangefinder lenses (also the adapter is much smaller), such as the Jupiter 8 and Jupiter 3 (more expensive). Make sure you are aware of the different mounts and how they can be adapted. Your Helios and Industar 50-2 will be M42, but the Industar 69 will be L39 (well pretty much, it will fit an L39 adapter, but you probably wont get infinity without modifying the lens). Jupiter 3 and 8 are also available in L39 (aka LTM, Leica screw mount). That would be preferable to Contax/Kiev mount versions, which also exist, but are more difficult/expensive to adapt. You'll also want to avoid Kiev 10/15 mount lenses, which might be cheap, but that's because they will be very difficult to adapt. A few popular lenses exist in that mount, too, such as Jupiter 9 and 11, recognizable by "ABTOMAT" (Automat) on their name ring.
It will be more difficult/expensive to get truly wide on APS-C with Soviet lenses, not sure if it's worth it. Going tele will be easier.
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