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Native name | Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод |
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Company type | Open joint-stock company |
Industry | Machinery, Defence |
Founded | 1930 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | worldwide |
Products | Tractors, Artillery, Combat vehicles |
Revenue | RUB 873 million (2011) |
RUB 229 million (2011) | |
Parent | Concern Tractor Plants |
The Volgograd Tractor Plant (Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, or ВгТЗ, VgTZ), formerly the Dzerzhinskiy Tractor Factory or the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, is a heavy equipment factory located in Volgograd, Russia. It was once one of the largest tractor manufacturing enterprises in the USSR. It was a site of fierce fighting during World War II's Battle of Stalingrad.
During its lifetime, VgTZ has supplied more than 2.5 million tractors to the farming industry, making a huge contribution to the mechanization of agriculture. VgTZ tractors operate in 32 countries throughout Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and Latin America.[1] Also used for the production of military vehicles, VgTZ is inextricably linked with the history of Soviet tank building.[2] The plant continues to operate on a small scale, but much of it is now derelict or has been demolished.[3]