SECOND JOBS
Many employees have already been forced to take up second jobs, like Leonid Emchanov, 31, a mechanic now moonlighting as a security guard to feed his family.
"I am the only one in the family who works. I have two children, my wife ... is on maternity leave. I have to work two jobs, but even this is not enough," he said.
If Avtovaz is unable to survive this crisis, its demise would mark the end of an industrial era for Russia, and for its many Lada enthusiasts.
In an underground garage in Tolyatti, two men in vintage overalls were busy at work on a 1980s Lada Niva, a legendary four-wheel drive vehicle, that was shining with a fresh coat of red paint.
"Since childhood, my whole life has been linked to the factory," said one of the mechanics, Sergei Diogrik.
"All our relatives in Tolyatti worked at the factory and I myself worked there. I had no choice, everything is related to the company," he added.
The 43-year-old founded and runs the Lada History Club, bringing together fans of the Soviet car from all over the world.
"It was a powerful producer. The record in the early 1980s was 720,000 cars per year," he said, compared to nearly 300,000 cars produced in 2021.
"It was fashionable to come here. Now the fashion is for young people to go to Moscow or somewhere else," Diogrik added.
He said that he is trying to remain hopeful, pointing out that the factory and its workers already survived the economic hardships of the 1990s.
"A Russian person who survived the 90s, especially in Tolyatti, will cope now. Everything will be fine," he said.
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