WebThe Kirov Plant, Kirov Factory or Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) (Russian: Кировский завод, tr. Kirovskiy zavod) is a major Russian mechanical engineering and agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia.It was established in 1789, then moved to its present site in 1801 as a foundry for cannonballs.The Kirov Plant is …

WebThe Chelyabinsk Tractor plant was a project of the first five-year plan. The plant was founded in 1933; the first product was a 60 hp tracked tractor C-60 (Сталинец-60, Stalinets-60) fueled by petroleum ether (Benzine). In 1937 the factory produced its first diesel-powered vehicle C-65 (Сталинец-65, Stalinets-65).By 1940 the plant had produced …

WebThe plant manufactures rifles and shotguns under the Molot-Oruzhiye (Hammer Weapon) and VEPR ( Wild Boar) brands, and is a subsidiary of Rostec. It is one of the largest companies in Kirov Oblast. Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast. It was ...

WebSergei Mironovich Kirov (né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge.. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and …

WebChelyabinsk (Russian: Челя́бинск, IPA: [tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk] (); Bashkir: Силәбе, Siläbe) is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population of over 1.1 million people, and the second-largest city in the Ural Federal District, after Yekaterinburg. ...

WebOn 2 April 1979, spores of Bacillus anthracis (the causative agent of anthrax) were accidentally released from a Soviet military research facility in the city of Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia).The ensuing outbreak of the disease resulted in the deaths of at least 66 people, although the exact number of victims remains unknown. The …

WebOmsktransmash (Russian: Омский завод транспортного машиностроения, lit. 'Omsk transport machine factory') is a wholly state-owned engineering company based in the city of Omsk, Russia.The company was best known in the West during the Cold War period for its production of armoured vehicles such as the T-80 tank. ...

WebThe Russian Gepard-class frigates, Russian designation Project 11661, is a class of frigates that were intended as successors to the earlier Koni-class frigates and Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes.The first unit of the class, Yastreb (Hawk), was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991. She was launched in July 1993, after which she …

WebKirov is the lead ship of the Kirov class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers.Originally built for the Soviet Navy and passed onto the succeeding Russian Navy, she and her three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship) built by them.The Soviet classification …

WebTomsk (Russian: Томск, IPA: , Siberian Tatar: Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River.Population: 556,478 (2021 Census); 524,669 (2010 Census); 487,838 (2002 Census); 501,963 (1989 Census). Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia.The city is a notable …