Cars of the Soviet Union: The Definitive History

Lots it’s interesting details and backstory on the makes and various models. Very informative.

Going to go out on a limb in these troubled times and state this book is great. Great collection of information and photographs about this little known facet of car culture. Unfortunate that current events have impugned a more harmonious relationship between East and West; I retain a deep admiration for Russia in that for having started the 20th Century as a Feudal State, in spite of losing 1/4 of it's industrial infrastructure, 10% of it's population in World War 2 and groaning under the disparities and inanities of a planned economy for consecutive generations, managed to have any automotive industry whatsoever and this tome is a fantastic catalog thereof. I hold out hopes of the better angels of our natures once again holding sway as I believe the East and West still have much to offer each other. A civilization that produced Tolstoy cannot be inherently bad, nor apparently are its cars................

Worth every cent, full of photos, easy to understand, all in all, a very enjoyable book

A while back, I was talking with my co-worker about cars, and I brought up Soviet cars. After that, I decided to save up some money and order this book about it, and let me tell you: this book well deserves the title of "the definitive history" of Soviet cars. I'd give it another star because another old friend of mine (who lived in the Soviet Union) had an awesome nostalgia trip just by looking through the book.

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.

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.

Very interesting book, gives a complete history of Soviet and CIS cars

Fast and secure shipping, great book. Would do business with again.

Dieses Buch gefällt mir ausgezeichnet. Hier wird mit vielen Fotos die Geschichte des PKW - und des Kleintransporterbaus in der ehemaligen Sowjetunion dargestellt. Ich empfehle dieses Buch weiter.

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.

Buena documentación y edición, pero con un precio bastante elevado.