Gallery: Touring Russia's Unauthorized Soviet Car Museum
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Mikhail Krasinets welcomes the Journey of Discovery by flying the Union Jack on his off-roader. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Soviet motoring history in Mikhail Krasinets’ comprehensive collection of Soviet automobiles. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Not your usual driveway. It's useful having Land Rovers. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Rusting logos of a time gone by at Russia’s Soviet car museum. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Rusting relics, but perhaps the only remaining examples of some of Russia’s most unique motoring history made for an interesting visit on the Land Rover Journey of Discovery. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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One of the old Russian car makes in the line-up of vehicles at the Soviet car museum outside Tula. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Mikhail Krasinets has collected more than 300 examples of Soviet motoring and now stores them on a hill in his home near Moscow. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Keeping people warm in the remote Soviet car museum, a fire burns as the Land Rover Journey of Discovery explores some of Russia’s lost motoring generation. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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Once reserved for high-ranking officials this 1961 Gaz Chaika is the pride of Krasinets’ unique Soviet car collection. *Image: Anthony Cullen, Inc; Mar. 20, 2012*
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