Masterpieces of Soviet automotive industry were real hits of Slavic Pancake Festival in Melbourne

At the Maslenitsa festival at the Royal Exhibiton Building the two Soviet cars - Volga GAZ-21 of 1963 and "Zaporozhets" ZAZ-965A of 1967 became the talk of the town.

Vintage Soviet cars at the Slavic pancake Festival - Maslenitsa

Vintage Soviet cars at the Slavic pancake Festival - Maslenitsa Source: Photo credit Sergey Semenov

Volga GAZ-21 belongs to Lembit Marder, Honorary Consul for Republic of Estonia in Victoria
Volga GAZ-21 belongs to Lembit Marder, Honorary Consul for Republic of Estonia in Victoria Source: Photo credit Sergey Semenov
The owner of Volga, the Honorary consul of Estonia in Australia Lembit Marder shared the story of his car with the unique number plate CCCP-1 (USSR-1). (The interview is in English)

Proud owner of a very rare car, the Zaporozhets
Proud owner of a very rare car, the Zaporozhets Source: Photo credit Sergey Semenov
We also talked to Mikhail, the proud of the owner of legendary Soviet "Zaporozhets" which is these days not very often seen on the road,  not even in Russia




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