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Cars of the Soviet Union: The definitive history Hardcover – August 15, 2008

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The story of the Soviet Union’s cars has to be seen in the context of a planned society in a vast, relatively undeveloped territory in which everything was planned well in advance, in which consumer items were not a priority until well after the Second World War when the country had developed the necessary heavy industry to be in a position to develop consumer products. This extraordinarily detailed study charts the history of Soviet cars from the birth of the Soviet Union in 1917 until its demise in 1990, with a conclusion about the post-Soviet era. It is the story of an insular, state-run car industry in which the carefully thought-out ideas of ministerial planners, rather than fickle customers in a free market, determined what cars were made in a country where the open road was often a 300-mile track across a windswept steppe. This is a fascinating book, full of rarely seen photographs and illustrations, largely in color, that will interest all car enthusiasts.

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Andy Thompson is a Director of a Housing Association who has been fascinated by this subject since childhood, when he started collecting Lada brochures. Since then he has amassed a huge collection of Russian research material, including catalogs, books and magazines, and become an expert along the way. He lives in Cumbria.

Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Haynes Publishing (August 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1844254836
ISBN-13: 978-1844254835
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.6 x 10.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
Customer Reviews: 2 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,213,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3562 in Automotive History (Books)

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J M

Cars for Czars

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2009

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Everything, I mean everything, you always wanted to know about Russian cars. Thoroughly researched with plenty of photos of cars rarely seen this side of the Iron Curtain. Makes fascinating reading for car nuts.

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Thomas A. McPherson

Fabulous Piece of Work

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2009

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This is a fabulous piece of work on a long neglected subject. The information contained herein is excellent, well organized and highly detailed. The author knows his subject. Although I wish that it contained more original "factory-type" photographs, given what would have been the source of such material - the lack of such images is possibly understandable. The "cars on the street" pictures and images lifted from official sales literature are good. This is without a doubt the finest book produced thus far on vehicles built behind the iron curtain and I highly recommend it to anyone with a serious interest in automobiles. This is a significant contribution to automotive history.

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Frank-uwe Wollenberg

SU-Automarken des 20. Jhdts.

Reviewed in Germany on July 19, 2009

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In englischer Sprache gebotener Überblick zur staatlichen Kfz-Produktion mit erfreulich zahlreichem Bilderangebot. Wem die deutschsprachigen Angebote nicht genügen, findet hier die erhoffte Ergänzung.
Private Kleinsthersteller und Umbauten fehlen allerdings. Hier bieten sich noch Ergänzungsmöglichkeiten.

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Mr. Gerard Magnien

Une étude indispensable...

Reviewed in France on February 19, 2011

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Pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la production des voitures en Europe, ce livre ajoute un volet souvent souvent obscur et pourtant indispensable à leurs connaissances. Andrew Thompson, l'auteur, lève le voile sur l'histoire des automobiles produites en ex-U.R.S.S. et dont certaines ne manquent pas d'intérêt. Seul obstacle pour apprécier vraiment cet ouvrage: il est rédigé en anglais.

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ひよこさん

貴重な資料

Reviewed in Japan on March 27, 2012

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すばらしい本です。ソ連の車が詳しく解説してあり、まさに私のほしかった本です。本文にもありましたが、自動車の歴史でもっとも無視されている部分、というのに同感です。ここまで調べた著者の努力に拍手を送りたくなります。

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