Topic: Solved: PN #1147 -- Progress-35

[pnegyesi]

This bus features such a great name, that it has to be a puzzle. Please ID this bus for a point and tell me its name

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[Fёdor]

Russian

[pnegyesi]

so far so good

[Fёdor]

kuban

[pnegyesi]

no

[pnegyesi]

Professionals?

[Wendax]

Таджикистан-5?

[pnegyesi]

no

[pguillem]

Rocar Mao Tse Dun ?

[pnegyesi]

It is from the Soviet Union, so not a Rocar

[pguillem]

Does it bear the name of a political leader ?

[pnegyesi]

no

[oko94]

Horizon ?

[pguillem]

Does its name have any historical signification ?

[pnegyesi]

not Horizon, not related to a specific historical event, rather the continuous development of mankind and its products.

[oko94]

Progress-35

[pnegyesi]

Indeed, this is the Progress-35. It was produced by the Progress automobile repair shop which was based in East Germany (!), Königs Wusterhausen but it was set up by the Soviets and worked solely for the Soviet Army producing buses for them. The Progress 35 was based on the GAZ 53A and was produced in the 1980s and early 1990s.

[Wendax]

That's why it looked slightly familiar to me.