Minsk Tractor Works
Encyclopedia
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
and a plant association in Belarus.
Minsk Tractor Works is a major industrial enterprise in Minsk, Belarus. It is a part of the association "Производственное объединение 'Минский тракторный завод'" (ПО "МТЗ", PO MTZ), or Industrial Association "Minsk Tractor Works". In addition to the main plant in Minsk, the association includes a number of plants that produce parts and attachable tools for tractors and other vehicles produced by MTZ.
The plant was established on May 29, 1946. The first tractor, the MTZ-2 model, was manufactured on October 14, 1953.
As of 2005 it has nearly 20,000 workers. The plant produces over 62 models of vehicle
Vehicle
A vehicle is a device that is designed or used to transport people or cargo. Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft....
s. Its main civil production has been four-wheeled tractor
Tractor
A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...
s of model "MTZ", known as Belarus
Belarus (tractor)
Belarus is a series of four-wheeled tractors produced since 1950 at the Minsk Tractor Plant, MTZ in Minsk, Belarus....
. By 1995 the plant manufactured 3,000,000 tractors. In 1999 it produced 58% of all tractors manufactured in CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
. For several years the plant has been holding 8-10% share of the world market of wheeled tractors.
Since 2000 the tractors of the plant manufactured for export have been certified for the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. During their operation in the era of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, they have been awarded the collective titles of the Order of Lenin
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...
and the Order of the October Revolution
Order of the October Revolution
The Order of the October Revolution was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was awarded to individuals or groups for services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defenses of the Soviet Union, military and civil...
.
Accociation's plants
- MTZ plant
- Сморгоньский агрегатный завод, SmarhonSmarhońSmarhoń is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus. It is located at . It was the site of Smarhoń air base, now mostly abandoned. Smarhoń is located 107 km from the capital, Minsk....
mechanical unit plant - Бобруйский завод тракторных деталей и агрегатов, BabruyskBabruyskBabruysk or Bobruysk is a city in the Mahilyow Voblast of Belarus on the Berezina river. It is a large city in Belarus with a population of approximately 227,000 people . The name Babruysk probably originates from the Belarusian word babyor , many of which used to inhabit the Berezina...
tractor part and mechanical unit plant - Витебский завод тракторных запчастей, Vitsebsk tractor part plant
- Минский завод специнструмента и технологической оснастки, Minsk instrument and auxiliaries plant
- Минский завод шестерён, Minsk gear plant
- Лепельский электромеханический завод, Lepel electromechanical plant
- Смолевичский завод шестерён, SmalyavichySmalyavichySmalyavichy is a city in Minsk Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Smalyavichy Raion. It is situated by the Plisa River.-External links:...
gear plant - Гомельский завод «Гидропривод», Gomel hydraulic drive plant
- Завод гидроаппаратуры в г. Хойники, Khoyniki hydraulic drive plant
- Наровлянский завод гидроаппаратуры, Narowlya hydraulic drive plant
- Мозырьский машиностроительный завод, MazyrMazyrMazyr, also Mozyr is a city in the Homiel Province of Belarus on the Pripyat River about 210 km east of Pinsk and 100 km northwest of Chernobyl and is located at approximately . The population is 111,770 . The total urban area including Kalinkavičy across the river has a population of...
machine-building plant
Sport affiliation
Minsk Tractor Works is a sponsor of a Belarusian Premier LeagueBelarusian Premier League
-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...
football team FC MTZ-RIPO
FC MTZ-RIPO
FC Partizan Minsk is a Belarusian Premier League football team, part of Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga champion FBK Kaunas...
(formerly known as a FC Traktor
FC Traktor
FC Traktar Minsk is a now-defunct football team from Byelorussian SSR, was established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktar Plant as a sport section for construction workers and later for local factory personal...
). Games are played on Traktor
Traktor Stadium
The Traktar Stadium, formerly known as Stadium of the VSS Red Banner , is the second largest multi-purpose stadium in Belarus. It was built as part of the citywide plan to create sport complex areas in every new suburb of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic capital and to accommodate rapidly...
stadium, which is located near the plant.