Volgograd Tractor Plant
The Volgograd Tractor Plant (Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, or ВгТЗ, VgTZ), formerly the Dzerzhinskiy Tractor Factory or the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, is a heavy equipment factory located in Volgograd, Russia. It was once one of the largest tractor manufacturing enterprises in the USSR. It was a site of fierce fighting during World War II's Battle of Stalingrad.
Native name | Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод |
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| Company type | Open joint-stock company |
| Industry | Machinery, Defence |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | worldwide |
| Products | Tractors, Artillery, Combat vehicles |
| Revenue | RUB 873 million (2011) |
| RUB 229 million (2011) | |
| Parent | Concern Tractor Plants |
During its lifetime, VgTZ has supplied more than 2.5 million tractors to the farming industry, making a huge contribution to the mechanization of agriculture. VgTZ tractors operate in 32 countries throughout Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and Latin America. Also used for the production of military vehicles, VgTZ is inextricably linked with the history of Soviet tank building. The plant continues to operate on a small scale, but much of it is now derelict or has been demolished.