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UralVagonZavod
Native name
Russian: УралВагонЗавод
Public limited company
Industry defense and machine
Founded October 11, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-10-11)
Headquarters Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Area served
worldwide
Key people
Vladimir Artyakov (Chairman)
Alexander Potapov (CEO)
Products Artillerys, Combat vehicles, Machines
Revenue Increase 4.8 billion $ (2011)
Decrease 106,5 billion RUB. (2015)
Decrease -16,4 billion RUB. (2015)
Owner Rostec
Parent Rostec
Subsidiaries Burevestnik
Omsktransmash
Uraltransmash
Rubtsovsk Machine Building Plant
Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant
Website uralvagonzavod.com

Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) is a Russian machine building company located in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. It is one of the largest scientific and industrial complexes in Russia and the largest main battle tank manufacturer in the world.

The full name of the company is "Open Joint Stock Company “Research and Production Corporation “Uralvagonzavod”" (ОАО «Научно-производственная корпорация «УралВагонЗавод»). It is a public limited company. The name Уралвагонзавод means Ural Railroad Car Factory.

The plant was built during 1931-1936 (mostly during the second five-year plan), launched on October 11, 1936, and named after Felix Dzerzhinsky. Initially it manufactured freight cars.

After the German invasion of 1941, Stalin ordered hundreds of factories in Ukraine and western Russia to be evacuated east. The KhPZ Factory No. 183 in Kharkiv was moved to Nizhny Tagil by rail, and merged with the Dzerzhinsky Works, to form the Stalin Ural Tank Factory No. 183. During the second world war it became the largest producer of tanks in the world, including the T-34. After the war, tank production was scaled down, and part of the Vagonka's manufacturing and design assets were transferred back to Kharkiv's Diesel Factory No. 75 during 1945–51.

After the war it was expanded to produce machinery of other destinations: agricultural, construction, aviation, and space, including design and production of the Vostok, Voskhod, Proton and Energia expendable rockets.


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