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Kalinin Machine-Building Plant, ZiK or MZiK for short (russian: Машиностроительный завод имени М.И.Калинина, ЗиК, МЗиК) is a Russian industrial business, now part of

Almaz-Antey JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" (russian: link=no, ОАО "Концерн ВКО "Алмаз-Антей"») is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the nati ...

holding.

History

Founded in 1866 in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

by a decree of Russian emperor Alexander II as an artillery workshop, it was later enlarged into a state factory of field and later on anti-aircraft artillery. In 1918 the factory was moved into

Moscow Region Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of ...

, in 1941 to

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

(former Sverdlovsk), where it's located up to now. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, the factory produced 20,000 anti-aircraft guns, last channel artillery unit under mass production was the 152mm KM-52. Since the end of the 1950s, the factory is specializing on the mass production anti-aircraft rocket systems ( SAM defence). Civil products include diesel Diesel forklift trucks DP-1604
and electrical

forklift truck A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various ...

s, public service trucks,Public service car MK-1500M (w/ vacuum cleaner)
electrocars,Electrocars ET-2054
etc. In 2014, Malik Gaisin was appointed the director of the plant. ZiKkommun.jpg, Public service truck 2P24 Transporter-Erector-Launcher with two 3M8 missiles of 2K1 surface-to-air missile complex «Krug» in Military-historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Left view.jpg

References

External links

Official website of MZiK
1866 establishments in the Russian Empire Defence companies of the Soviet Union Science and technology in the Soviet Union Almaz-Antey Manufacturing companies based in Yekaterinburg Companies established in 1866 Russian brands Soviet brands Companies formerly listed on the Moscow Exchange {{Russia-company-stub