AvtoVAZ Togliatti Plant
1966 - Operational
Overview
Built with Fiat 124 technology on the Volga and named for Italian communist Palmiro Togliatti. The Zhiguli, sold as the Lada, motorized the Soviet Union from 1970. It remains among the largest car plants in the world by area.
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