Quick, what is it? Is it a Vespa GS? Nope, it is actually a Vespa knock-off made in the good ol' USSR! The Russians were prone to copying vehicles with proven designs from other countries. One of the more famous is the Lada automobile, which was a direct copy of a Fiat sedan from the early '60's. As they used to say of the Lada in the 80's with a stoic wit "car of the year... in 1961!".
Not a lot of people know that the Soviets also copied the Vespa. The scooter was called the Vyatka, and is rarely seen. The Eastern Bloc made tons of scooters, the Vyatka being only one model. If this article is correct, they made a stunning 1.7 million Vyatkas over the years. Strange then, that so few have survived...