I managed to find out some information on the СБМ20 Geiger Müller Tube.
I tracked down the following image on Google Image Search…
With the help of a Russian speaking coworker, I was able to find out the most important specs for this tube.
Nominal working current: 400 volts
Minimum plateau length: 100 volts
Maximum plateau slope: 0.1% per volt (10% per 100 volts)
Working range (min): 0.004 mkR/s
Working range (max): 40 mkR/s
Minimum life: 2*10^10 pulses
Hopefully this will help someone else.
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http://radioactiveathome.org/boinc/index.php