Vintage Soviet Cars Cruise Into Moscow
Moscow’s Red Square roared to life with vintage chic on Sunday as an extensive collection of unique Soviet cars cruised past the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral.
The annual GUM AutoRally began in 2014 and is the most prestigious event of its kind in Russia. During the rally, 120 cars raced each other along a 120-kilometer route past the Russian capital’s iconic sights.
Here's a look at the retro rally:
The annual GUM AutoRally began in 2014 and is the most prestigious event of its kind in Russia. During the rally, 120 cars raced each other along a 120-kilometer route past the Russian capital’s iconic sights.
Here's a look at the retro rally:
The cars in this year's race ranged from as young as 35 to as old as 85 years.
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Iconic Soviet car models like the Volga, Chaika, Zhiguli and Zaporozhets were all put on display.
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On your mark...
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...get set...
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...bring it back to the 40s!
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Well-maintained vintage cars were polished to impress.
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Can you name the car this swan belongs to?
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Each car's racing success is a combination of the driver's talent and how well the car has been preserved.
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These cars' manual gearboxes might be unfamiliar to many of today's modern drivers.
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Dressing the part for a vintage day out.
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Check out the wheels on this bad boy.
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Bright colors and blue skies filled Red Square.
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The little blue car that could.
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