Kalinin Machine-Building Plant

Founded in 1866 in St. Petersburg 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, in 1941 to Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk), where it's located up to now.

During World War II, 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 {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.zik.ru/products/dp1602_ru.htm Diesel forklift trucks DP-1604] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131081829/http://zik.ru/products/dp1602_ru.htm |date=2009-01-31 }} and electrical {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.zik.ru/products/ep103_ru.htm Electrical forklift trucks ЭП-103КО] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204022632/http://zik.ru/products/ep103_ru.htm |date=2009-02-04 }} forklift trucks, public service trucks,{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.zik.ru/products/mk1500.htm Public service car MK-1500M (w/ vacuum cleaner)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202143910/http://www.zik.ru/products/mk1500.htm |date=2008-12-02 }} electrocars,[http://www.zik.ru/products/tr_ru.htm Electrocars ET-2054] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202015450/http://www.zik.ru/products/tr_ru.htm |date=2008-12-02 }} etc.

In 2014, Malik Gaisin was appointed the director of the plant.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=50018173&privcapId=24226680&previousCapId=24226680&previousTitle=PJSC%20Uralhimmash |title=Malik Gaysin: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek |website=www.bloomberg.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104836/http://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=50018173&privcapId=24226680&previousCapId=24226680&previousTitle=PJSC%20Uralhimmash |archive-date=2015-12-24}}

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

Municipal vacuum paving machine MK-1500M2 (discontinued)

Municipal vacuum paving machine MK2000

MR-20 series electric loaders

Electric loaders EP-103KAS (discontinued)

ET-2054 platform electric trolleys

Appliances (In 1990-1991 the plant produced an electric slow cooker "Paryonka")

• Combat assets of the S-300 V anti-aircraft missile system;
• Combat means of the BUK-M1 anti-aircraft missile system;
• Combat weapons of the Krug air defense system (produced in the 60s-70s);
• Combat weapons of the Kub air defense system (produced in the 60s-70s).

• Order of Lenin (16.01.1939) — for exceptional services to the country in arming the Red Army, creating and mastering new types of weapons
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (12.05.1941)
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (09.07.1945)
• Order of the October Revolution (24.02.1976)

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071004233253/http://www.zik.ru/index_en.html Official website of MZiK]

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