45 Years of First Lada

45 – «копейка» ягодка опять! 19 апреля первому ВАЗ-2101 исполняется 45 лет! http://t.co/spmOZa77AB pic.twitter.com/YtKnUXJRT5
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Lada Cars

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

And now - Part 4 - Lada cars (not all of them).

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1975 VAZ-2106 (Lada 1600), a Deluxe version and a development of the VAZ-2103 (see below)

1970 VAZ-2101, the first Lada model.

It is supposed to be the VAZ-2101 but certain things aren't right. I guess it is as close as they could come to a complete VAZ-2001.

Restaurant Zhiguli

My restaurants...

...late lunch at 17:00 in Restaurant-Bar Zhiguli on Novy Arbat, Moscow, last Wednesday, July 16. It used to be the whole building but now it is just a rather small area almost in the basement. 

Okroshka, a salad with carrot, cheese and sauce, no idea what it is called, and a glass of tea. Okroshka is a kind of cold soup, this one made with kvass.

Okroshka was cold, as I said, which is good on a hot day, it was +32 Celsius, 6/10.

I liked the salad even better, 7/10.

Tea with a teabag. Actually they drink beer there but I didn't take any for some reason.

Price, about RUB 250.

A view out the window. Two early Ladas - VAZ-2101 in front.

In fact, I have a pretty good idea they are owned by the restaurant and are there on purpose -- these cars were branded domestically as the Zhiguli same as the name of the restaurant.

This restaurant is a Soviet nostalgia themed restaurant.

Other guests?

No, it is a kind of photo partition behind which is entry to the restrooms. I know who they are. Do you?