Car Museum

Legends of Soviet Roads: The Main Cars of the USSR
Affordability, status, and popular nicknames: what the cars of the Soviet country were like

UralZIS-355M: the ideal workhorse of an era
A vehicle of the virgin lands, construction sites, and off-road routes that outlived its time

MAZ-532 - The Lost Legend of Soviet Off-Road
How a unique 8×8, which didn't find its place in the planned economy, was created in Minsk in the late 1950s

"Samara" and "Moskvich": the main auto rivalry of the late USSR
How two key models of the 80s became symbols of competition and different understandings of the "people's car"

What the negotiations between the USSR and FIAT about the overhead valve engine concealed
Rejection of know-how and consequences that slowed down the export of the "kopeyka"

Vehicles of the Moscow Olympics: from the Volga to Mercedes
A unique vehicle fleet: rare models and special versions

Right-Hand Drive the Soviet Way: Unusual GAZ-24 "Volgas"
How export cars returned to the USSR and became a symbol of special status

Why the "truck in reverse" MAZ-520V did not survive
The story of an unusual truck tractor that broke conventional ideas about trucks

"Volga" with automatic transmission: one of the 700 released copies is up for sale
A rare GAZ-21 "Volga" with an automatic transmission is looking for a new owner in Yekaterinburg

ZAZ-1105 "Dana": a station wagon from the USSR that never became mass-produced
Why an experiment that looked promising on paper could not withstand reality

The Last Attempt to Save the "Volga": the Story of the GAZ-311055
How the Gorky Automobile Plant tried to breathe new life into a legendary brand

Collection of Cars from the USSR Era Discovered in St. Petersburg
"Pobeda", "Volga", and "Moskvich" Cars Found Forgotten Under the Snow in a Courtyard on Ligovsky Prospekt

Why the Moskvich-412 engine became a revolution in the USSR
How the power unit surprised engineers and racers

The rise and fall of the American sedan
From status symbol to corporate transport - a half-century journey

VAZ-2109 and Skoda Favorit: Similarities and Fundamental Differences
Two cars of the same era, created for currency export, but with different philosophies