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Soviet black Volga down the Melbourne lanes

Volga car

People who lived through the Soviet times have a strong association related to black Volga ridden usually by the officials of the State apparatus or the KGB men. No wonder seeing the car with the plate number CCCP-1 roaming through the Aussie streets in 2018 petrifies. How did GAZ-21, 1963 made ended up in Down Under?


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People who lived through the Soviet times have a strong association related to black Volga ridden usually by the officials of the State apparatus or the KGB men. No wonder seeing the car with the plate number CCCP-1 roaming through the Aussie streets in 2018 petrifies. How did GAZ-21, 1963 made ended up in Down Under?



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