The bus in South Estonia before being brought to the Old Tech Park, 31.01.2007
Story of the exhibit
Was the bus of the Põlva House of Culture; in the early 1990s it was sold to private owners. The owner decided to donate the bus after finding the Old Tech Park's website on the internet.
About the model
Production years: 1967–1979
A bus with about twenty seats based on GAZ-51 truck units, built mainly for cultural institutions. The buses were used mainly in the Urals, Siberia and the Far North. According to various sources, a total of six or nine Uralets buses reached Estonia.
Manufacturer
Engineering plant "Uralets"
Механический завод "Уралец" · Nizhny Tagil district, Sverdlovsk region, Russian SFSR
The plant's history can be traced back to the first half of the 19th century, when large deposits of gold and platinum were discovered 40 km from Nizhny Tagil (now in the Sverdlovsk region). A forced labour camp called Aurora was opened there in 1837. In the 1920s the camp was renamed Krasny Ural…
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