In Moscow, the Federal Guard Service has unveiled the cars used by Russian leaders over the past 90 years at the Oldtimer Gallery exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Special Purpose Garage.
In Moscow, the Federal Guard Service has unveiled the cars used by Russian leaders over the past 90 years at the Oldtimer Gallery exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Special Purpose Garage.
The exhibition, which covers an area of 3,500 square meters at the Crocus Expo Exhibition Center, will be open to visitors March 24-27, 2011. Photo: The Messerschmitt Kabinenroller (Cabin Scooter).
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The exhibition features about 70 unique cars and special escort motorcycles used to carry and protect Soviet and Russian leaders across different periods of the country’s history.
The unique vintage car exhibition displays virtually the entire line of Soviet-made ZIS, GAZ and ZIL limousines which used to carry Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yury Andropov, Mikhail Gorbachev and other national leaders. Photo: A ZIS-110 limousine, 1944-1958.
Visitors will see armored ZIL and Mercedes-Benz limousines, as well as escort vehicles and motorcycles used to ensure security and to transport foreign heads of state and government during official visits. Photo: A Mercedes-Benz G-500 limousine.
The exhibition features a replica of the 1921 Rolls Royce used by Vladimir Lenin. Photo: A Rolls Royce car, 1906-1925.
… three prewar Packard limousines, Stalin’s favorite cars … Photo: A Packard limousine at the exhibition.
… as well as a 1933 Lincoln, a 1935 Cadillac, a 1936 Buick and a 1935 Ford V8, used by security guards in the 1930s, and many other cars.
Мужчины рассматривают автомобили на выставке, посвященной 90-летию "Гаража Особого Назначения" (ГОН), которая проходит в рамках проекта "Олдтаймер-Галерея" в выставочном центре "Крокус Экспо".
Эмблема на капоте автомобиля "Паккард" 1940 года, представленного на выставке, посвященной 90-летию "Гаража Особого Назначения" (ГОН), которая проходит в рамках проекта "Олдтаймер-Галерея" в выставочном центре "Крокус Экспо".
