[en] A unified model of electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions based on the semisimple gauge group G=SU(8)sub(L)xSU(8)sub(R) is presented. Leptons and fractionally charged quarks are asigned to fundamental representations Fsub(L)=(usub(i)dsub(i)νsub(e)e)sub(L), Fsub(R)(usub(i)dsub(i)νsub(e)e)sub(R) and similarly for the other families. The model leads to low unification mass M=10⁶-10⁸ GeV and admissible value for the Weinberg parameter sin²THETAsub(W)=1/3. The model contains chiral colour group SU(3)sub(L)xSU(3)sub(R) and permits the existence of light axial gluons (msub(A) approximately 1 GeV) alongside with the massless vector gluons. The barion number is conserved in the model. Triangular anomalies are absent when mirror fermions of opposite chirality are added. The model admits the hierarchy of symmetry breaking and presence of intermediate scales Msub(n) so that Msub(W)<< Msub(n)<< M. In the low energy region the results of Salam-Weinberg model are reproduced