Tractor, timber and agricultural machinery in the Soviet Union

Agricultural engineering in the Soviet Union - Soviet machine building industry.

History

File:Трактор Универсал.jpg

File:MTZ-80 tractor 2011 G2.jpg

File:T_150_K_front.JPG

File:Logging with Belarus MTZ-82-L in Estonia 2021.webm

  • 1855 - Andrei Terentyev artisans and Moses Creek created the first Russian threshing machine.
  • 1888 - Fyodor Blinov mechanic built the world's first model of crawler tractor.
  • 1893 - Yakov Mamin invented the plow with two plowshares
  • 1910 - Yakov Mamin created tractor "Dwarf", later known as the "Russian tractor" . However, mass production of tractors in Russia was launched only in the Soviet Union in the 20-30s.

In 1917 the whole of Russia was 165 tractors

  • 1918 - at Petrograd factory "Bolshevik" was organized small-scale production of crawler tractors.
  • 1921 - SNK (Soviet government) decree "On agricultural engineering".

At this time, the release of tractors engaged in Kolomna and Kharkiv Locomotive Factory, Obukhov plant. Most mass production of tractors was organized at the "Red Putilovets" (tractor "Fordson Putilovets").

  • 1926 - started producing tractor cultivators for continuous tillage .
  • 1928 - started production of tractor plows.

In 1928, the country produced 1,300 tractors

  • 1930 - commissioned in 1930 Stalingrad Tractor Factory design capacity of 144 tractors a day. Since that time, the Soviet Union began the mass production of tractors.

At "Communard" started production of the first Soviet harvesters.

  • 1931 - was built Kharkiv Tractor Plant.
  • 1932 - started production of tractor potato harvesters.
  • 1933 - was built Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant.
  • 1937 - USSR on the annual production of combine harvesters went to 1st place in the world - 44 thousand units. against 29 thousand in the U.S.
  • 1937 - started production of the first tractor with a closed cabin S-65

By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union occupied the first place in the world for the production of crawler tractors .

  • During the war, many tractor factories were destroyed, some of them have relocated to the east of the country and produced for the front .
  • 1944 - resumed production of tractors.

After the war, the construction of new enterprises was continued.

  • 1947 - started production of the first self-propelled combine harvester S-4.
  • 1948 - Minsk Tractor Works started production of the first Soviet skidder KT-12.
  • 1956 - started production of the first industrial tractor S-100
  • 1957 - started production of the first Soviet high-power industrial tractor diesel-electric drive DET-250 .
  • 1960 - Soviet Union won first place in the world to produce tractors .
  • 1975 - came the first Soviet tractor with front cabin-industrial tractor-bulldozer T-330.

File:Трактор С-65.jpg|Stalinets S-65 (1937-1941)

File:Трактор ДТ-54 на постаменте..JPG| DT-54 (1949-1979)

File:Spycharka DT 75.JPG|DT-75

File:DET-250.jpg |DET-250

Tractor Plants in 1980

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Types of tractors

! Models of tractors

! Now

Altay Tractor plant (ATZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Rubtsovsk, Russian SFSR1942Agricultural and industrial crawler tractors, crawler skiddersT-4A, TT-4Went bankrupt in 2011
Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR1933Agricultural and industrial crawler tractorsT-130, DET-250Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in the corporation Uralvagonzavod
Cheboksary Industrial Tractor Plant (ChZPT){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Cheboksary, Russian SFSR1975heavy industrial crawler tractor to work as bulldozersT-330"Promtractor" plant within the group "Tractor plants"
Vladimir Tractor plant (VTZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Vladimir, Russian SFSR1945Agricultural wheeled tractorsT-25Vladimir Motor-Tractor Plant (VMTZ) within the group "Tractor plants"
Lipetsk Tractor plant (LTZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Lipetsk, Russian SFSR1944Agri-transport tired tractorsT-40"Lipetsk tractor" plant within the group "Tractor plants", closed since 2009
Kirov Plant{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Leningrad, Russian SFSR1801Heavy wheeled tractor general purpose terrainKirovets K-700Kirov Plant Company
Volgograd tractor factory (VTZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Volgograd, Russian SFSR1930Track general purpose agricultural tractorsDT-75"Tractor Company "VgTZ" within the group "Tractor plants"
Onega Tractor Plant (OTZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} {{flagdeco|Karelo-Finnish SSR}} Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russian SFSR1703tracked skiddersTDT-55Onega Tractor Plant within the group "Tractor plants"
Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ){{flagdeco|Byelorussian SSR}} Minsk, Byelorussia1946general purpose wheel tractorsMTZ-082 Belarus, MTZ-50 Belarus, MTZ-52 Belarus, MTZ-80 Belarus, MTZ-82 BelarusMinsk Tractor Works
Kharkiv Tractor Plant (KhTZ){{flagdeco|Ukrainian SSR}} Kharkiv, Ukraine1931tracked and wheeled tractors high-speed all-terrain multi-purposeT-150, T-74Kharkiv Tractor Plant
Pivdenmash{{flagdeco|Ukrainian SSR}} Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine1944Agricultural wheeled universally-tilled and transport tractorsYuMZ-6Pivdenmash, currently does not produce tractors
Chisinau Tractor Plant{{flagdeco|Moldavian SSR}} Kishinev, Moldavia1961beet, viticultural, horticultural crawler tractor with a narrow trackT-54, T-70ceased production
Kharkiv Tractor propelled chassis{{flagdeco|Ukrainian SSR}} Kharkiv, Ukraine1949wheeled tractor self-propelled chassis for mounting bodies and special equipmentT-16Plant self-propelled chassis
Pavlodar Tractor plant{{flagdeco|Kazakh SSR}} Pavlodar, Kazakhstan1966Track general purpose agricultural tractorsDT-75Went bankrupt in 1998
Tashkent Tractor Plant (TTZ){{flagdeco|Uzbek SSR}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan1942wheeled cotton tractors (including tricycles)T-28Kh2, T-28Kh4, MTZ-50KhTashkent Tractor Plant

Factories for the production of combines in 1980

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Types of harvesters

! Models of harvesters

! Now

RostselmashRostov-on-Don1929combine harvestersSK-5 NivaCompany "Rostselmash"
Krasnoyarsk Combine Plant{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR1942combine harvestersSKD-5 "Sibiryak"joined the group "Tractor Plants", was closed in 2013
Taganrog Combine Plant{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Taganrog, Russian SFSR1915Rice-harvesters on crawlers, combine harvesters wheeledSKGD-6 "Kolos", SK-6II "Kolos"at its base in 1997 was founded Taganrog Automobile Plant (TagAZ), the production combines discontinued in 2002
Ryazselmash{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Ryazan, Russian SFSR1905semi-mounted potato harvesters for building with tractorsKKU-2A "Druzhba"Ryazan Combine Plant, the production is not engaged, the building leased
GOMSELMASH{{flagdeco|Byelorussian SSR}} Gomel, Byelorussia1930foragers, trailed forage harvestersKSK-100, KS-2,6GOMSELMASH
Dalselmash{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Birobidzhan, Russian SFSR1938forage harvesters crawlerKSG-3,2The plant went bankrupt in 2002
Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ){{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR1916foragersYaSK-170Yaroslavl Motor Plant composed of GAZ Group
Ternopil Combine Plant{{flagdeco|Ukrainian SSR}} Ternopil, Ukrainebeet harvestersKS-6Ternopol Combine Plant
Kherson Combine Plant{{flagdeco|Ukrainian SSR}} Kherson, Ukraine1887self-propelled harvesters corn, trailed harvesters cornKSKU-6 "Khersonetz-200", KOP-1,4 "Khersonetz-7"Scientific-Production Enterprise "Kherson Machine-Building Plant"
Bezhetskselmash{{flagdeco|Russian SFSR}} Bezhetsk, Russian SFSR1943flax pullersLK-4Bezhetskselmash
Plodselhozmash{{flagdeco|Moldavian SSR}} Kishinev, Moldaviaharvesters cabbage, tomatoes, grapes, fruits and berriesUKM-2, SKT-2A, SVK-3M, MPyA-1AAgromasina

  • 1983 - launched Europe's largest tractor, designed to work as a crawler dozer, T-800 full weight of 106 tons (without blade length - 7945 mm, with blade -12 400 mm, width without blade -4185 mm, Width -6000 mm blade height -4775 mm.).
  • 1991 - disintegration of the USSR, was part of factories abroad.
  • 2001 - state-owned company established Rosagroleasing for the program of state support for agricultural producers and support leasing program.
  • 2003 - was founded Concern Tractor plants, uniting the main Russian producers of tractors.

File:SDM 200 tracked tractor.jpeg

Manufacturers of tractors in Russia

= As part of Concern "Tractor plants" =

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Types of tractors

! Models of tractors

PromtractorCheboksary1975bulldozers, tractors pipelayChetra T11, Chetra T15, Chetra T20, Chetra T25, Chetra TG122, Chetra TG222, Chetra TG302, Chetra TG503, Chetra TG511
Onega Tractor PlantPetrozavodsk1703crawler tractor skidding choker, forest fire crawler tractors, mowers, tracked timber trucks, tractor - wood shredders - shrubs and brushcutter equipmentOnezhets-310, Onezhets-320, Onezhets-330, Onezhets-335 and other
Krasnoyarsk plant Timber Engineering (KrasLesmash )Krasnoyarsk1916crawler tractor skidding choker, felling and skidding machines, chokerless machine manipulator type, loaders, track and wheelbase, forwardersChetra KS-146, LZ-235, LP-18K, LT-187, TT-4M-23K, LT-188
Volgograd tractor factoryVolgograd1930crawler tractor general purposeAgromash-90TG
Vladimir Motor-Tractor Plant (VMTZ)Vladimir1945universal wheeled tractors, self-propelled tractor chassis, forest fire tractorAgromash-30TK, Agromash-50TK, Agromash-60TK, Agromash-85TK, Agromash-30SCh, Agromash-50SCh, Agromash-60TK 211V MPU

File:Firefighting vehicle Onegec310.JPG |Firefighting vehicle Onegec 310

= Other manufacturers of tractors =

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Parent company

! Types of tractors

! Models of tractors

Peterburg Tractor PlantSaint Petersburg1801Kirov Plant companyheavy agricultural tractors, wheel dozers, wheel loaders, industrial tractorsKirovets K-744, Kirovets K-9000, Kirovets K-702, Kirovets K-703
Chelyabinsk Tractor PlantChelyabinsk1933Uralvagonzavod corporationindustrial tractors, bulldozers, tractor pipelaying, trenchers based crawler tractorsT10M, B10M, B11, B12, B14, DET-250M2, DET-320, DET-400, T-800, TR20.22.01, TR12.22.01
Alpha-TechnicOryol1990-swheeled tractor universal high-power tractors based on the Kharkiv Tractor PlantOrTZ-150K
AgrotechmashSaint Petersburg, Tambov (plant)1997wheeled tractors, wheeled bulldozersTerrion ATM 3180M, Terrion ATM 4200, Terrion ATM 5280, Terrion ATM 7360
Cherepovets Casting-Mechanical Plant (ChLMZ)Cherepovets1950wheeled tractors under license Minsk Tractor Works; bulldozers, loaders based on tractorsBelarus 320Ch, Belarus 92P-Ch
Kama Tractor Plant (KamTZ)Naberezhnye Chelny2012joint venture ETcorp (Russia, Moscow) and ARGO SpA (Italy)Agricultural wheeled tractorsTTH-186, TTH-215, TTH-230
CNH-Kamaz CommerceNaberezhnye Chelny2010joint venture CNH Industrial and Kamazwheel agricultural tractorsNew Holland Agriculture
Zavod Specmashine "Baltietz"Saint Petersburg2003heavy agricultural tractors, truck tractors, loaders and forklifts based tractors, wheel dozers, bulldozer-excavator road machines, snow machines, skidders, timber stackersK-707T Baltietz, K-703 Baltietz, K-702M Baltietz

File:TractorK700.jpg |Kirovets K-744

File:Кировец 9520.jpg |Kirovets K9250

File:Road bulldozer K-702 MV-UDM-2 - view 1.jpg |Road bulldozer Kirovets K-702 MV UDM 2

File:Terrion ATM 7360.JPG|Terrion ATM 7360

= Factories of foreign companies =

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name of company

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Types of tractors

! Models of tractors

John DeereDomodedovo2010wheels tractors|
ClaasKrasnodar2005wheel tractorsClaas Axion 820/850/ 920/930/940/950, Claas Xerion 4000/ 4500/5000

Manufacturers combines in Russia

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="width:15%;"| Name

! style="width:20%;"| Location

! style="width:12%;"| Year of foundation

! style="width:12%;"| Parent company

! Types of combines

! Models of combines

RostselmashRostov-on-Don1929grain and forage harvestersNiva Effect, Vector 410, Acros 530/580, Acros 590 Plus, Torum 740, Sterh 2000, Don 680M, RSM 1401 |
Cherepovets Casting-Mechanical PlantCherepovets1950Trailed flax pullersDvina-4Ch |
AgrotechmashSaint Petersburg, Tambov (plant)1997combine harvestersSR200 series, SR3000 series, SR3085 Superior series

File:Agriculture in Volgograd Oblast 001.JPG |Harvesting in the Volgograd Oblast. Harvester Don-1500

File:Rostselmash Vector combine in Rostov-on-Don.jpg|Rostselmash Vector

File:Жатка двухбарабанная очёсывающего типа "Славянка УАС".JPG |Rostselmash Acros 530

See also

Links

  • [http://www.tplants.com/en/company/ The official website for Concern "Tractor plants"]
  • [http://www.rosagromash.ru/ Official site of the Russian Association of Agricultural Machinery]
  • [http://www.aist-agro.ru/ Official website of the Association of Test agricultural machinery and technology (AIST)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103175404/http://roslesmash.org/index.shtml Official website of the Association of Timber Engineering Roslesmash]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050421040256/http://www.tractor-china.com/ Beiye specialize in the supply mid range tractors]

{{Economy of Russia|state=uncollapsed}}

Category:Industry in Russia

Category:Industry in the Soviet Union