Monument to the GAI car
Russia, Abakan, Ivan Yarygin St
Description:
On July 14, 2010, a fundamental monument to the car of the patrol service of the traffic police was opened, and this monument is located near the building near the traffic police. In 1957, the car was released, coming off the assembly line of GAZ (Gorkov Automobile Plant). 21 Volga stood in the police fleet until the 70th year.
In gratuitous possession of the car handed a resident of Khakassia in the hands of the traffic police. The Soviet-made car blue yellow "Volga" "came on a pedestal." He was assigned the number 06-12 NEA with the inscription "Militia".
The car, a legend of the USSR, was used as a personal vehicle. It was used by important police officers, it was used by law enforcement agencies. The model was widely circulated in the Finnish police. Just like in other departments, cars of the Volga brand were in service in the State Security bodies in the form of a personal car.
According to Inspector-propagandaist Alexander Shompolov, when he was a young employee of the traffic police RH, the idea of creating a monument came to mind the head of the traffic police, republican level Igor Yurtayev. The car was prepared for departures by the commander of a separate company of the Road and Postal Service Valery Golovchenko.