There is in Moscow a quiet, modest area — the regional center of the city, bordering the Cymric district of Tver region. The town is quite small, the smallest district in the entire Moscow region. “
It is in Taldom there is an exhibit that nowhere else in Russia, and not to find — a fossil in our times, the bus “Kuban” on a regular route.
Appearance — real crazy kitsch. Here the taste goes bad taste, setting the tone for the fashion trend. Automatic door — embedded from the PAZ-672, and not in place of the native swing, and just moved back.
Yes, “Kuban” is still to be found on razvoznoj enterprises in the regions. But the route is not his profession. Regular transportation in the Soviet Union such machines never used, and if the Kuban and differ on “non-core” businesses — that was solely the service razvozchiki. Initial Krasnodar mechanical factory produced them for the needs of the Ministry of Culture, and the second manufacturer, Budennovskiy repair-mechanical plant for the needs of agriculture.
Judging by the number of patches on the face, in a previous life, this Kuban took Berlin.
Moreover, according to the original function, in General, and not a bus — this bus body on the chassis of GAZ wondered how a mobile club or library, as the passenger version, it has grown somewhat later. As a rule, the “cultural” Krasnodar “Kuban” were distributed according to the houses of culture, palaces of pioneers and theaters as mobile branches to visit the village, to bring entertainment and education to villagers, where to keep even the clubhouse does not make sense. Mobile club is not a den of debauchery that put in a word today: together with the “Kuban” even in the open field brought a movie or stage productions, music, books and so on.
Against the background of a competitor of Taldomsky ATP enterprises of Mostransavto. Who would have thought that the keyway is still a civilian bus…
Budennovskaya car did not differ from Krasnodar to anything except the lack of logo, but the priority they let the passenger buses, and distributed them to agricultural enterprises — collective farms and state farms and so on. Rural focus were determined and the choice is simple, cheap and mass Guzovskogo chassis — obviously for use on the roads.
The front bumper and the “pots” under the lights — from 677го Lyase. Turn signals — from the late Izha. The grille is the face and front axle from the GROOVE-672, and “wings of communism” from the plows on the face gave way to the bars of the Zaporozhets fresher generation.
Presented at the photo car, 1986 year built, is made in Krasnodar. First job she could, Ellen, but the correct answer history is silent. The first eight years of life that Kuban has worked in taldomskiy the House of Pioneers (now in its building of a rehabilitation center for troubled Teens). When the pioneers began to leave, and private entrepreneurial initiative stood at the forefront, in 1994, this car was bought by a private carrier and put it on the self-proclaimed route from the station Vlasovo in local horticulture.
Why Kuban? Because the asphalt on the road in search of gardening emerged only twenty years later, in 2014, and before that there was a broken anti-road, which any civilized bus can be rolled to the curb.
Most importantly, of course, inside.Here is a collection of various artifacts and icons on the pile of pennants, as well as information for passengers.
Of course, the car not everyone likes. In recent years, regulatory authorities are naturally hunting for a unique car, with great probability, Russia’s only operating on the route. However, attempts to catch the carrier on at least some of the herd was doomed to failure, for now, “the self-proclaimed” route operates under contract with the Board of horticulture and passenger list.
A driver is a modest clean — up from the 53rd Gas, soft toys…
Objectives — clear objectives — set…
So far without the main controller — the leader of the world proletariat?
Smiling Yuri Gagarin guarantees quality Shuttle service from the station to the gardening.
The salon sofas with Keyway donor. Family shop went to the expense because of disrepair, but the back seat is original.
Front four seats from mezhdugorodnikh (looks like Ikarus) for VIP passengers…
A place for face-control, or conductor. In its place was the native swing door…
The passenger has, in General, there’s always a choice: a few minutes later from the station, the same route is sent to the Model of Mostransavto. However, a permanent contingent of Kuban was formed decades ago, and change the way they move not in a hurry. And such an unusual bus has already become a local landmark
Kuban runs from the station Vlasovo Savelovsky stroke. In the summer season travels daily schedule — tied to infrequent trains from/to Moscow. The fall goes to work on the weekends, with most flights to the regional center (in the summer the Kuban goes to Taldom several times a week). If you want to further please the owner of the rarity — bring him badges, Souvenirs or other things on the car: everything pictured here — the gifts from the guests and passengers.
But soon, with the onset of cold weather and a decrease in passenger traffic, the car will be on the winter to next spring to get back to your self-proclaimed route. So see you in the next, 2017.
