Editing Lada Niva (section)

==Name==
Нива<ref>{{Cite web|title=нива (Russian Wiktionary) |date=19 June 2021 |url=https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/нива}}</ref> (Niva) is a Russian word that literally means "(corn) field", but also "area of practice". The name ''Niva ''(НИВА) was formed as an [[acronym]] from the initials<ref>See [[:Wikt:initial#Noun|''initial'']] on Wiktionary.</ref> of Niva's chief designers' children: Pyotr Prusov's two daughters and Vladimir Solovyev's two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Artem Nikitin |title=Внедорожник / Автомобили / Эксклюзивный |trans-title=Automotive / Exclusive / SUV |date=2012-06-18 |url=https://itogi.ru/avto-exclus/2012/25/179138.html |access-date=2021-08-17 |website=[[Itogi Nauki i Techniki|Itogi/Auto Exclusive]] |quote=The first competitor of (the) ''Niva'' appeared only ten years after its release. It was a ''Japanese'' [[Suzuki Vitara]]. Completely slick car! |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610163824/https://itogi.ru/avto-exclus/2012/25/179138.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Lada Niva was formerly called the Lada 4×4, or the VAZ-2121 in the domestic Russian market. The name was changed after the brand was transferred to [[General Motors]], though AvtoVAZ retained the rights to the equivalent [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] name: Нива.<ref>{{cite news|title=Новая Шеви-Нива: разморозка|url=https://www.autostat.ru/articles/20671/|access-date=13 December 2017|work=Autostat.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214015046/https://www.autostat.ru/articles/20671/|archive-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> It was also marketed as the '''Lada Sport''' in [[Iceland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fib.is/?FID=2899 |title=Icelandic Automobile Association |publisher=Fib.is |date=21 July 2011 |access-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110050116/http://fib.is/?FID=2899 |archive-date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> '''Lada Taiga''' in [[Austria]], and '''Lada Cossack''' in the United Kingdom.<ref>Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union'' (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.239 caption.</ref> In 2014, it was sold as the '''LADA 4×4''' in Russia. Since 2021, it is sold as the '''Lada Niva Legend''' in Russia.<ref name=Ladapress />