During its Soviet period, GAZ produced cars that became the classics of the automotive industry.
Today, GAZ is the largest automobile manufacturer in Russia.
From passenger cars to trucks and armored vehicles, see the golden oldies of the Soviet Union in Sputnik's photo gallery.
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First GAZ-A automobiles in the Karakum desert during the Gorky-Pamir-Moscow-Gorky rally.
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A snowmobile built on the base of a 1933 GAZ-AA truck.
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An assembly line with GAZ-M-1 cars.
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A race car capable of moving at a speed of 240 km/h (149 mph).
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GAZ-M-72, an all-terrain passenger car.
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A GAZ-13 "Chaika" car taking part in the Gorkyclassic-2016 retro motor rally on Vasilievsky Slope, Moscow.
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GAZ-66, an all-terrain passenger car.
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A GAZ-69 car in Uganda.
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A sports car equipped with a GAZ-20 engine and aerodynamic panels.
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A GAZ "Volga" decorated for a wedding procession, Turkmenistan.
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GAZ-52 trucks assembly line.
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GAZ-2309, a pickup car.
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Vacationers next to their GAZ-24-02 car.
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A 1977 GAZ-14 "Chaika" seven-seater passenger car.
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GAZ-24, a passenger car.
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An assembly line at the GAZ factory.
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A truck belonging to the Chief Directorate of Russia's Emergency Ministry in Moscow takes part in the First Moscow parade of city equipment.
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A 1939 GAZ-M-415.
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A 1940 model, GAZ-GL-1, is seen here at the opening of the "Heroes of Their Time" motor show in the GUM department store, Moscow.
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A GAZ-21 "Volga" car on show at the "Oldtimer-Gallery" exhibition in Moscow.
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A police GAZ-21 "Volga".
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GAZ AAA, a car model produced in 1935-1943.
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GAZ 46 MAV, a light 4x4 amphibian car, takes part in the "GUM Motor Rally Gorkyclassic-2015" on Red Square, Moscow.
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A "Volga Siber" on an assembly line at the GAZ factory.
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A GAZon Next car.
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Special Police Force officers next to their car.
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The GAZ emblem seen here on a GAZ-21 car.
