Black Volga

Black Volga (Polish: czarna wołga) refers to an urban legend widespread in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Russia,[1] Belarus, Ukraine, Greece and Mongolia,[2] mainly in the 1960s and 1970s.

This impression was also caused by the active use of the passenger car of the Gorky Automobile Plant GAZ-M1 (Emka) by the NKVD bodies during the years of mass repression.

For the sake of saving money, during almost all the time of its release, the M1 was only available with black paint, which emphasized the ominous image of the car.

[citation needed] Supposedly, victims were kidnapped and then murdered by the perpetrators to use their blood as a cure for rich Westerners or Arabs[2] suffering from leukemia.

The legend surfaced again in the late 20th century, with a BMW or Mercedes car taking the Volga's place.