Car Museum

Legends of Soviet Roads: The Main Cars of the USSR

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

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

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

"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

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"

Right-Hand Drive the Soviet Way: Unusual GAZ-24 "Volgas"

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

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

"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

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

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

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

VAZ-2109 and Skoda Favorit: Similarities and Fundamental Differences

VAZ-2109 and Skoda Favorit: Similarities and Fundamental Differences

Two cars of the same era, created for currency export, but with different philosophies