Moskvitch logo.
After "The Great Patriotic War" (The part of Word War II from 1941 to 1945) Soviet brought with them the whole manufacturing line for Opel Kadett from Rüsselsheim in Germany. A plant called MZMA ("Moskovsky Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley", "Midget Car Works of Moscow") started to produce a car called Moskvitch 400 in 1947 based on the Opel. Moskvitch means "A man from Moscow".
Moskvitch logo.
The plant later changed the name to AZLK which means "Avtomobilny Zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola", "The Lenin Komsomol Auto Works".
Moskvitch shield.
1956 Moskvitch 402.
Moskvich 2140/2137. (source: John Lloyd)
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