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Moskvitch (also written as Moskvich, Moskvič or Moskwitsch) was an automobile brand from Russia produced by AZLK from 1946 to 1991 and by OAO Moskvitch from 1991 to 2001. The current article incorporates information about both the brand and the joint-stock successor of AZLK for the sake of simplicity.
OAO Moskvitch was a privatized venture name given to the former factory in order to avoid legal issues after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since the factory had no assembly branches outside Russia after 1991, its name is largely used today to refer to the building located in the lower eastern part of Moscow and abandoned since 2006.
The word moskvich itself translates as "a native of Moscow, a Moscower". It was used to point out the original location of the cars manufactured in the capital of Russia, Moscow.
The Moskvitch was a 20th-century Soviet/ Bulgarian passenger car. Between 1966 and 1990, the Balkan factory in Lovech, Bulgaria, assembled the Soviet-designed Moskvitch 408 (later replaced by the 412 / 1500 and Aleko) from complete knock down (CKD) kits.
Moskvitch may refer to:
- Moskvitch, a Soviet automobile brand produced by the AZLK (former MZMA) plant
- Moskvitch (Bulgaria), Bulgarian-made motor cars based on Soviet Moskvitches, built at the "Balkan" factory
- Moskvitch (ship), a series of Soviet short-range passenger river ships
- Moskvitch (radio receiver), a very popular Soviet broadcast receivers produced by various plants since 1947 till late 1950s (more than 2 mil issued)
- A person from Moscow