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Malyshev Factory - Wikipedia
Malyshev Factory - Wikipedia

The Malyshev Factory (Завод імені В.О. Малишева; abbreviated ЗІМ), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (Харьковский паровозостроительный завод, ХПЗ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. The factory is part of the state concern, Ukroboronprom. It produces diesel engines, farm machinery, coal mining, sugar refining, and wind farm equipment, but is best known for its production of Soviet tanks, including the BT tank series of fast tanks, the famous T-34 of the Second World War, the Cold War T-64 and T-80, and their modern Ukrainian successor, the T-84. The factory is closely associated with the Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), designer of military armoured fighting vehicles and the Kharkov Engine Design Bureau (KEDB) for engines. During 1958 it constructed "Kharkovchanka", an off-road vehicle which reached the South Pole the following year. At its height during the Soviet era, the factory employed 60,000 of Kharkiv's 1.5 million inhabitants. 5,000 people worked at the factory. The factory was renamed several times. First originally named in Russian, English-language sources variously refer to it as factory, plant, or works, though now use the Ukrainian translation of the word zavod (works). 1895—Establishment of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (Харьковский паровозостроительный завод or KhPZ, Khar'kovskiy parovozostroitel'nyy zavod, ХПЗ / Харківський паровозобудівний завод) 1923—Production line for Kommunar tractors established 1928—Renamed Kharkiv Komintern Locomotive Factory (Khar'kovskiy parovozostroitel'nyy zavod imeni Kominterna, Харьковский паровозостроительный завод имени Коминтерна), and the tank design bureau is established 1936—Renamed Factory No. 183 (Zavod No. 183) 1941—Evacuated to Nizhny Tagil in the Urals and merged with the Uralvagonzavod Factory, to form the Ural Tank Factory No. 183 1945—Re-established at Kharkov Diesel Factory No. 75 1957—Renamed Malyshev Plant (Zavod imeni V.A. Malysheva, Завод імені В.

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