“автомобили горьковского автозавода” in Russian means “Cars of the Gorky Automobile Plant”.  GAZ (the company) dates back to 1932, with GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, being a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky. It is the core subsidiary of GAZ Group Holding, which is itself part of Basic Element industrial group. JSC Russian Machines is the controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ.  That’s all we know, and now you do, too.  This is a complete and original 1982 set of 17 unused pins showing various Gorky models.  All are contained in a sturdy cardboard sleeve whose reverse gives a few more details.  Grade: 1