Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "Strange Things the Soviet Drivers Had to Do While on the Road #ussr" video.

  1. RAF (Rīgas autobusu fabrika / Рижская автобусная фабрика) stands for "Riga Bus Factory", not "Riga Automotive Factory". And yes, the minivan on photo was made in Riga, however RAF factory was moved (|IRC in late 1960s, maybe in early 1970s) from Riga to Jelgava - a city ~40km to the South-West form Riga. Both parents of my wife worked on that factory from mid-1970s all the way to 1990s. When USSR collapsed and used cars (mostly from Germany) flooded in, RAF buses were no match to Western ones, and by late 1990s factory closed.
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