The series ‘Chernobyl’ has already become famous as the highest-rated in history. Its creators managed to effectively recreate the atmosphere and life of the perestroika era.
Naturally, the filming involved as many Soviet cars as possible. In the West, these cars are unusual, and the popular site Jalopnik even conducts educational sessions for car enthusiasts.
Although everything is familiar to us here.
The director of the power plant and the KGB drive GAZ-24 Volga cars, while high-ranking party officials use GAZ-3102s. Various Zhiguli, Moskvich, Izhevsk cars constantly appear in frames, and there’s even a Zaporozhets. Interestingly, even the license plates are correct.
Firefighters use ZILs, and ambulances use RAFs. The military, as expected, use UAZs, GAZ-66, and BRDM-2.
There are also LAZ and KAvZ buses.
However, perhaps the most interesting vehicle in the series is the Soviet drone, meticulously recreated. Incidentally, it used the chassis of the Lunokhod.