UAZ-452

The UAZ-452 is a family of four wheel driveoff-roadvans and light trucks with body-on-frame construction and cab over engine design, built by the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ) since 1965, with similar earlier families UAZ-450 and UAZ-451 built from 1958 to 1965 and 1961 to 1982 respectively. Originally designed for the Soviet Armed Forces, since 1985 the vans received updates, with more modern engines and internationally compliant lighting, at the same time the lineup received new four-digit model numbers according to the new Soviet standards for vehicle indices set in 1966. From 2010s, all UAZ-452 variants are collectively referred to by UAZ as SGR (СГР - Старый Грузовой Ряд, "old commercial lineup"). The UAZ-452 has been popularly and widely known as "Bukhanka" (буханка, loaf) after its resemblance to a loaf of rye bread; from summer 2026 onward, it became the vehicle's actual official name.