Behold! The women of Soviet car commercials! (PHOTOS)

The ‘ZAZ-966’ from the Zaporozhye Automobile Factory (known simply as the ‘Zaporozhets’), produced in 1970.

A ‘ZAZ-965’ ad, 1960 - 1963

An ad for the ‘ZAZ-966B’. Also known as the “Zipper”, it was also made for the foreign market.

An ad for the ‘ZAZ-966В’, 1966-72

An ad for the ZAZ-968 ‘Zaporozhets’ 

The VAZ-2101 ‘Zhiguli’ - the first model from the Volga Automobile Plant (AvtoVAZ), amicably known as the ‘Kopeyka’ (or ‘Kopek’ in English)

A VAZ-2101 ad

An ad for the VAS-2102 ‘Zhiguli’ five-door hatchback

The ‘VAZ-2103’ sedan borrowed heavily from the Fiat ‘124’. The car was exported as the ‘Lada 1500’.

A ‘Lada-110’ (also known as the ‘VAZ-21012’) ad, which was popular in the UK.

The VAZ-2121 ‘Lada Niva’ (pronounced “Nee-vah”), still very popular, and, by numerous accounts - “unkillable!” 

A ‘Lada Niva’ ad

An ad for the VAZ-2109 ‘Sputnik’ hatchback (a.k.a. the ‘Devyatka’ - or ‘Niner’ in English). The car first appeared on the market in 1987.

The Soviet-made compact class ‘Moskvich-408’ was made by MZMA (AZLK) in 1964-1975.

An ad for a ‘Moskvich’ 408, 1964.

An ad for a ‘Moskvich’ 408, 1964

The GAZ-24 ‘Volga’ from the Gorky Automobile Factory.

An ad for the GAZ-21К ‘Volga’, produced for the German market. 

An ad for a GAZ-24 ‘Volga’ 

GAZ-24 ‘Volga’.