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| Industry | Rail vehicle and machine building |
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| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Novocherkassk, Russia |
| Products | Electric locomotives |
| Revenue | $748 million[1] (2014) |
| Parent | Transmashholding |
| Website | www |
Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ, Russian: Новочеркасский электровозостроительный завод), established in 1936, is based in the Russian town of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region. It is now (2015) part of Transmashholding. NEVZ locomotives haul trains transporting 80% of all cargo on the electrified railways of Russia and CIS countries. On its production lines, the plant has produced around 15,000 locomotives of more than 40 types.[2]
In June 1962, NEVZ workers went on strike and protested against the rise of food prices in the Soviet Union; the events became known as the Novocherkassk massacre, which took place when the striking workers were shot by Soviet troops. The N. S. Khrushchev government later covered up the story until the early 1990s.