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Driving behind the Iron Curtain: Cars of the USSR at the Riga Motor Museum     - Roadshow
Feb 23, 2020 1 min, 3 secs
If a museum has any Soviet vehicles, it's usually just one or two.

Not so at the Riga Motor Museum in Latvia.

It houses an impressive collection of Soviet vehicles, built not only in Russia but Latvia as well.

From the cars of everyday people, to the limos of the Politburo, the range of vehicles is impressive.

There's even a Rolls-Royce owned by Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev...

Overall, it's a slick museum in an impressive building and a better presentation than many far more famous museums.

Soviet and Baltic classics at the Riga Motor Museum.

From the forest behind the museum there's the unmistakable roar of a flat-6 at full chat.

Downstairs is a mix of trucks and vans, many built in Latvia at the Riga Autobus Factory.

It's interesting to see how in early Soviet designs they so clearly "borrowed" from the West, but slowly developed their own styling language and unique design.

In 1980 he was driving in a convoy with the more traditional Soviet limos, when a truck driver pulled out in front of him.

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As far as the Riga Motor Museum goes, what a treat

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