Description: Vintage Soviet Desktop Model of the Russian Car "Russo-Balt" USSR The Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory (German: Russisch-Baltische Waggonfabrik; Russian: Русско-Балтийский вагонный завод, RBVZ) was founded in 1874 in Riga, then a major industrial centre of Russian Empire. Originally the new company was a subsidiary of the Van der Zypen & Charlier company in Cologne-Deutz, Germany. In 1894 the majority of its shares were sold to investors in Riga and St. Petersburg, among them local Baltic German merchants F. Meyer, K. Amelung, and Chr. Schroeder, as well as Schaje Berlin, a relative of Isaiah Berlin. The company eventually grew to 3,800 employees. In 1915 the factory was evacuated to Russia. Between 1909 and 1915 the cars were built at the railway car factory RBVZ. After the 1917 revolution a second factory was opened in St. Petersburg, where they built armoured cars on chassis produced in Riga. In 1922, the production was moved from St. Petersburg to BTAZ in Moscow. Russo-Balt produced trucks, buses and cars, often more or less copies of cars from the German Rex-Simplex or Belgian Fondu Trucks. Russo-Balt armoured car (1914) Russo-Baltique C24-40 (1913) Ivanov at the start of the Russian Grand Prix in 1913 driving Russo-Baltique C24/58 4-cylinder car. Only two original cars have survived to the present day. One is a Russo-Balt fire engine built on truck chassis Type D in year 1912. Car is on display at the Riga Motor Museum in Latvia. Another one is Russo-Balt K12/20 from 1911, is shown at the Polytechnical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Today in Riga, Latvia, there is a company named Russo-Balt that manufactures trailers. Material - plastic. Condition: EXCELLENT / LIKE NEW CONDITION (was not used). GREAT QUALITY OLD STOCK All items are original and pertain to USSR period. I guarantee the authenticity of every item I sell. Please take a look at my other interesting old items.I send all items by airmail within 1-3 business days after clear payment is received.All items will be shipped using Air Mail. The usual period of delivery is 14-21 days.I will combine shipping cost for several items (every additional item will be cost of half value of shipping cost). Feel free to ask any questions and you're welcome to make me an offer!
Price: 54.56 USD
Location: Europe
End Time: 2024-12-22T16:25:26.000Z
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