Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, in the early 1970s. After being devastated by an intense earthquake in 1966 (7,5 on the Richter scale), it was rebuilt as a Soviet “model city”. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
“Belarus” tractor works in Minsk, early 70s
“Belarus” tractor building plant in Minsk (Soviet Belarus), early 70s. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
GAZ–24 Volga, 1971 soviet stamp
A Soviet postage stamp (10 kopeks) depicting the GAZ–2401 Volga, nicknamed “Barja” (barge), an executive car produced between 1970 and 1985 by GAZ plant in Nižnij Novgorod, Russia. (Matsievsky/Commons)
ZAZ 968 “Zaporožec”, 1971 soviet stamp
A 1971 soviet postage stamp (4 kopeks), depicting a 1967 ZAZ 968 small car, aka the “Zaporozhets”, built in the Soviet Ukraine. (Matsievsky/Commons)
Moskvitch 412, 1971 Soviet stamp
A 1971 Soviet postage stamp depicting a 1967 Moskvitch 412 small car, produced by Russian AZLK in Moscow (it was the automobile factory owned by the Komsomol.) (Matsievsky/Commons)
GAZ-66, 1971 Soviet stamp
GAZ-66 all–terrain truck, on a 1971 Soviet postage stamp. (Matsievsky/Commons)
BelAZ 540 mine dumper, 1971 Soviet stamp
A BelAZ 540 45–tons mine dumper, built in Belarus, on a 1971 Soviet postage stamp. (Matsievsky/Commons)
Zaporizhia automobile building plant in 1970s
ZAZ is the main automobile manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia: its name is in fact the acronym of “Zaporiz’kyj Avtomobilebudivel’nyj Zavod” (Ukrainian: ЗАЗ, Запорізький автомобілебудівельний завод), meaning exactly “Zaporizhia automobile building plant”. During Soviet Era, ZAZ designed and built a series of compact–cars (called “Zaporozhets”) accessible to the public. In this early 1970s pictures you can see some ZAZ-968‘s being assembled in the Zaporizha …
