The automotive industry in the Soviet Union spanned the history of the state from 1929 to 1991. It started with the establishment of large car manufacturing plants and reorganisation of the AMO Factor
AMO-F-15 on a Soviet stamp
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BelAZ-548A
Moskvitch-2141 ALEKO
AvtoVAZ
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AvtoVAZ is a Russian state-owned automobile manufacturing company. It was formerly named as VAZ, an acronym for Volga Automotive Plant in Russian. AvtoVAZ is best known for its flagship series of Lada
Automotive industry in the Soviet Union
…loss of financial support, economic turmoil, criminal activities and stiffer competition in the domestic market during the 1990s. Some of them, like AvtoVAZ, turned to cooperation with other companies (such as GM-AvtoVAZ) in order to obtain substantial capital investment and overcome the crisis. Few others…
AvtoVAZ administration building in 2010
The VAZ automaking plant in 1969
Early VAZ models (left to right): VAZ-2101 (1970), VAZ-2102 (1971) and VAZ-2103 (1972)
Technical and design center