TMZ or Tyumenskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod (Тюменский мотоциклетный завод), was a motorcycle manufacturer in 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....

. It was created following the German Invasion of the Soviet Union, when TIZ

TIZ (motorcycle)

TIZ or Taganrogskiy Instrumentalniy Zavod No. 65 named after Stalin ) was a motorcycle manufacturer. In 1936 they commenced building the TIZ-AM-600 , a Soviet copy of the BSA 1931 Sloper 600. With the German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the plant was transferred east to the town of Tyumen in the...

 (ТИЗ) or Taganrogskiy Instrumentalniy Zavod No. 65 named after Stalin (Таганрогслий инструментальный завод No. 65 им. т. Сталина) was transferred east to the town of Tyumen

Tyumen

Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...

in the Ural region.