In the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa, VAZ-2101 cars, which were delivered to the country from the USSR more than 30 years ago, still work in taxis. Owners of Soviet cars in an African country are forced to independently produce spare parts for them, to write “Arguments and Facts”.
“My dad bought it in 1986 and my family has been using it ever since. Africa is tough. In our mountains, the weather can be very cold and there will be heavy rains – in this case, the Russian car will calmly cope with the impassability, Georges, a taxi driver from Addis Ababa, told AiF.
Ethiopian businessman Getachi Gebries recalled that after the anti-monarchist revolution (which occurred in Ethiopia in 1974), ministers of the communist government drove Niva cars. Farmer Jakob Dyngyl said that after he encountered a malfunction in his Lada, a local mechanic found experts who could engrave the necessary parts according to the drawings.
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