There are many old Soviet cars still roaming the streets of Turkmen towns and villages. The Ladas Zhiguli model is most common, but one can also come across Moskvich cars (though much less often), which probably remember Brezhnev’s or maybe even Khrushchev’s times. The Turkmen must be feeling very sentimental about them, because they made this car the theme of one of the songs. Unfortunately, the guy starring in the video did not make much use of it. Just watch and listen to this.

By the way, it is possible that the author of the song Japar Ovezov committed a plagiarism by copying the melody from a hit song called „Chernye glaza” (The Black Eyes) sung by two singers from the Republic of Adygea Aidamir Mugu and Aslan Tlebzu that was very popular in the Russian Caucasus a few years ago. Here’s the original: