Soviet Union
General Information:

In this section you will see all my plates of the former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) up to its break-up in 1991.

The plates of the newly independent republics from 1991 can be found under the individual republic's names:
Armenia, Azerbadjan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lituania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Plates in my collection:
Private cars
Pre 1959
1946-1959
Private car / Front plate
Lithuania
Private cars
1959-1981
1959-1981
Private car / Front plate
Estonia
1959-1981
Private car / Front plate
Estonia
1981-1992
Private car / Front plate
Lithuania
1959-1981
Private car / Front plate
Ukraine / Donetsk
1959-1981
Private car / Rear plate
Lithuania
1959-1981
Privat car / Rear plate
Moldova
Private cars
1981-1992
1981-1992
Private car
Belarus / Vitebsk
1981-1992
Private car
Estonia / Zh
1981-1992
Private car
Estonia / Zh
1981-1992
Private car
Estonia
1981-1992
Private car
Estonia
1981-1992
Private car
Georgia
1981-1992
Private car
Latvia
1981-1992
Private car
Latvia
1981-1992
Private car
Lithuania
1981-1992
Private car
Ukraine / Dnepropetrowsk
1981-1992
Passenger
Au = Dontesko
1981-1992
Private car
Ukraine / Lugansk
1981-1992
Private car
Ukraine
1981-1992
Private car
Ukraine
Agricultural
1981-1992
Agricultural vehicle (or plant & machinery)
Ukraine
(Compared to the trailer plates, the letters on the agri plates are smaller than the numbers).
Diplomatic
1967-1981
Diplomatic / Rear plate
Embassy of the USA
Soviet-Union
1981-1992
Diplomatic
Embassy of The Netherlands
Export
1981-1992
P = For vehicles leaving the country, or bought with Foreign Currency / '507 xxx' series were issued in Moscow
1981-1992
P = For vehicles leaving the country, or bought with Foreign Currency / '543 xxx' series were issued in Krasnodar
1981-1992
H = For foreign specialists, foreign nationals and hire cars for foreigners
Probably Lithuania
Moped
1959-1981
Moped / Serial format was the same as for mc. Traffic Police lacked power to enforce registration of mopeds, so later mopeds were allowed to remain unregistered.
Motorcycle
1959-1981
mc
Estonia
1959-1981
mc
Latvia
1959-1981
mc
Lithuania
Motorcycle - Misc.
1981-1992
mc / Official
Lithuania
1981-1992
mc / Foreigner owned
Lithuania
Military
1959-1981
Military vehicle / Front plate
KU
1959-1981
Military vehicle / Front plate
Russia
1959-1981
Military vehicle / Rear plate
Russia
1959-1981
Military vehicle / Rear plate
IB
Official
1981-1992
Official vehicle
Lithuania
1981-1992
Official vehicle
Moldova
1981-1992
Official car
Russia
1981-1992
Official vehicle (truck or bus)
Russia / Ivanovo
Trailer
1959-1981
Trailer
1981-1992
Trailer
Miscellaneous
This is not a license plate, but a registration for a parking place in Moscow
(It looks like a dealer plate though)