I'd planned to review this totally addictive book today, but I haven't yet got permission to use the photos. But, dammit, racing Moskviches are cool, so we need some kind of vintage Soviet car fix!

Naturally, we can't discuss the glorious automotive industry of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics without the sound of the Red Army Choir belting out the Soviet National Anthem, so get this video playing and crank up the volume before you continue:



What we've got here is a Russian-language site focusing on the triumphs of Soviet rally teams of the 1960s through the 1990s. Don't read Russian? Doesn't matter! Just click on random links and check out the Moskviches (plus some Volgas and other assorted Soviet steel) doing their thing.
[Soviet Rally]

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