Despair, Layoffs In ‘Russia’s Detroit’ As Economic Downturn Batters Car Industry
TOLYATTI, Russia — Yuri Tselikov, 74, was one of the Soviet pioneers who built a sprawling car plant in the Volga city of Tolyatti in the 1960s. He then spent over three decades working in the factory and is one of the few people alive who can claim to have met all 12 of its directors.