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Native name
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Russian: УралВагонЗавод |
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| Public limited company | |
| Industry | defense and machine |
| Founded | October 11, 1936 |
| Headquarters | Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia |
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Area served
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worldwide |
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Key people
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Vladimir Artyakov (Chairman) Alexander Potapov (CEO) |
| Products | Artillerys, Combat vehicles, Machines |
| Revenue |
 4.8 billion $ (2011) |
 106,5 billion RUB. (2015) |
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-16,4 billion RUB. (2015) |
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| 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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