Josef Stalin had an army of men with red flags who blocked all roads on his route so he did n't need them .
Certainly by Leonid Brezhnev 's era ( 1964 - 82 ) the Zil lanes were up and running .
Josef Stalin had an army of men with red flags who blocked all roads on his route so he did n't need them , but certainly by Leonid Brezhnev 's era ( 1964 - 82 ) the Zil lanes were up and running .