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Minsk Tractor Works ( be, Мінскі трактарны завод, Minski traktarny zavod; russian: Минский тракторный завод; MTZ) is a Belarusian
The plant was established on 29 May 1946. The first tractor, the MTZ-2 model, was manufactured on October 14, 1953.
As of 2005, it had nearly 20,000 workers. The plant produces over 62 models of
File:MTZ-82.1 tractor with front loader.jpg, MTZ-82.1 tractor with front loader
File:Belarus 821 Qurgonteppa 1.jpg, MTZ-82
File:Belarus_820.jpg, MTZ-820
File:Belarus 952.jpg, MTZ-952
File:MTZ-921.3 Belarus Tractor at IndAgra Farm Romexpo 2010.JPG, MTZ-921
File:Tractor Belarus-320 MK-2.jpg, MTZ-320
File:Tractor Belarus-1221-s.jpg, MTZ-1221
File:Tractor_Belarus-1522-2.jpg, MTZ-1522
File:Belarus_1523.jpg, MTZ-1523
File:Belarus_1220.4.jpg, MTZ-1220
File:Belarus_1222.jpg, MTZ-1222
File:Belarus_1025.jpg, MTZ-1025
File:Belarus_2422.jpg, MTZ-2422
File:Belarus_3022.jpg, MTZ-3022
File:Belarus 4522.jpg, MTZ-4522
File:Belarus MTZ-5022 (02).jpg, MTZ-5022
Belarusian Machine Building: Once a Nation's Pride, Now a Burden?Belarus: putting Russia on the right tractor – archive, 1988
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agricultural machinery
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that the ...
manufacturer with headquarters in Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
, Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. Minsk Tractor Works is one of the main tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...
factories in the country. It is a part of the Minsk Tractor Works Industrial Association. 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.
History
The plant was established on 29 May 1946. The first tractor, the MTZ-2 model, was manufactured on October 14, 1953.
As of 2005, it had nearly 20,000 workers. The plant produces over 62 models of vehicle
A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), wa ...
s. Its main civil production has been four-wheeled tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...
s of model "MTZ", known as ''Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
''. By 1995 the plant had manufactured 3,000,000 tractors. In 1999, it produced 58% of all tractors manufactured in the CIS
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* In Poland:
** Cis, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central
** Cis, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north
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* cis (mathematics) (cis(''θ'')), a trigonome ...
. In 2017, its share in the production of wheel tractors in CIS countries
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
was 87%.
MTZ tractors were exported to Western Europe, too.
In 2013, the plant tractors were certified in USA by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and in Canada by Environment Canada
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and received full approval for their import and distribution in both countries. Since 2010, distribution of Belarus tractors in USA and Canada is carried on through a local distributor MTZ Equipment Ltd.
In 2017, 92.1% tractors of 31,011 produced were exported. Eight countries imported more than 500 "Belarus" tractors: Russia (11,135), Pakistan (4,845), Ukraine (4,028), Kazakhstan (2,106), Azerbaijan (1,637), Hungary (871), Romania (812), Lithuania (736).
In 2020, after the Presidential elections
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Albania
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Chile
The pr ...
, police brutality, and the mass torture of protesters, the workers of MTZ joined the national strike and opposition.
Products
Tractors
Belarus-80.1; Belarus-82.1; Belarus-90; Belarus-92; Belarus-320; Belarus-310; Belarus-321; Belarus-422; Belarus-510; Belarus, 512; Belarus-520; Belarus-522; Belarus-572; Belarus-622; Belarus-820; Belarus-826; Belarus-892; Belarus-920; Belarus-922.3; Belarus-923.3; Belarus-1021; Belarus-Belarus-1025.2 1220.3; Belarus-1221.2; Belarus-1523; Belarus-2022.3; Belarus-3022DTS.1; Belarus-3522.Special tractors
Belarus-80X; Belarus-100X; Belarus-920R; Belarus-921.3; BELARUS-921.4-10 / 91.Associated plants
* MTZ plant * Сморгоньский агрегатный завод, Smarhon mechanical unit plant * Бобруйский завод тракторных деталей и агрегатов,Babruysk
Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...
tractor part and mechanical unit plant
* Витебский завод тракторных запчастей, Vitsebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...
tractor part plant
* Минский завод специнструмента и технологической оснастки, Minsk instrument and auxiliaries plant
* Минский завод шестерён, Minsk gear plant
* Лепельский электромеханический завод, Lepel
Lyepyel ( be, Ле́пель, Liepieĺ; pl, Lepel; russian: Ле́пель, Lepel, ; yi, ליעפּליע, Li'epli'e) is a town located in the center of the Lyepyel Raion (district) in the Vitebsk Province of Belarus near Lyepyel Lake. Lyepye ...
electromechanical plant
* Смолевичский завод шестерён, Smalyavichy
Smalyavichy; russian: Смолевичи, Smoleviči; yi, סמאָלאָוויטש / Смоловіч, Smolovich; pl, italic=no, Smolewicze / Смолэвичэ; lt, italic=no, Smaliavičai / Смалявичай is a city in Minsk Region, Be ...
gear plant
* Гомельский завод «Гидропривод», Gomel hydraulic drive plant
* Завод гидроаппаратуры в г. Хойники, Khoyniki
Khoiniki ( be, Хойнікі, , russian: Хойники, pl, Chojniki) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. In 1986, the area around Khoiniki experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident; however, the city itself was not sig ...
hydraulic drive plant
* Наровлянский завод гидроаппаратуры, Narowlya
Naroulia ( be, Нароўля, russian: Наровля, pl, Narowla) is a town in the Gomel Region, Belarus. The population is 8 026 people as of 2021. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident. Today it ...
hydraulic drive plant
* Мозырский машиностроительный завод, Mazyr
Mazyr ( be, Мазыр, ; russian: Мозырь ''Mozyr'' , pl, Mozyrz , Yiddish: מאזיר) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl. It is located at approximately . The p ...
machine-building plant
Joint assembly production of MTZ tractors began in 2013 in Cambodia
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, at MTZ's first assembly plant in the ASEAN
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region. Tractors are now exported to all ASEAN countries.
Sport, Media, and Culture
Until 2010 Minsk Tractor Works was a sponsor of aBelarusian Premier League
The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...
football team MTZ-RIPO Minsk. Games were played at Traktor stadium
Traktor Stadium ( be, Стадыён "Трактар", russian: Стадион "Трактор") is a multi-purpose stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Traktor Minsk.
History
Th ...
, which is located near the plant.
The Palace of Culture
Palace of Culture (russian: Дворец культуры, dvorets kultury, , ''wénhuà gōng'', german: Kulturpalast) or House of Culture (Polish: ''dom kultury'') is a common name (generic term) for major Club (organization), club-houses (comm ...
of the plant hosts the ballroom Dance Club Mara.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, A video showed a Belarus-82.1 pulling a captured Russian MT-LB
The MT-LB (russian: Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный, translit=Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphib ...
.
Gallery
References
External links
* *Belarusian Machine Building: Once a Nation's Pride, Now a Burden?
{{Authority control Tractor manufacturers of Belarus Companies of Belarus Belarusian brands Buildings and structures in Minsk Organizations based in Minsk Economy of Minsk Companies established in 1946 1946 establishments in Belarus Agriculture companies of the Soviet Union Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union