Minsk Tractor Works

Minsk Tractor Works (Belarusian: Мінскі трактарны завод, romanized: Minski traktarny zavod; Russian: Минский тракторный завод, romanized: Minskiy traktorniy zavod; MTZ) is a Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer with headquarters in Minsk, Belarus.

Its main civil production has been four-wheeled tractors of model "MTZ", known as Belarus.

Eight countries imported more than 500 "Belarus" tractors: Russia (11,135), Pakistan (4,845), Ukraine (4,028), Kazakhstan (2,106), Azerbaijan (1,637), Hungary (871), Romania (812), Lithuania (736).

[1] In 2020, after the Presidential elections, police brutality, and the mass torture of protesters, the workers of MTZ joined the national strike and opposition.

From November 1950 to August 1951 the plant manufactured the caterpillar tractor KD-25 [ru] "Kirovets".

The Palace of Culture of the plant hosts the ballroom Dance Club Mara.

MTZ-2 (1954-1958) tractor near Minsk Tractor Works. Minsk, Belarus.
MTZ-5 (1957-1972)
MTZ-52 (1962-1985)
MTZ-80 (since 1974)
Main assembly line
1960 socialist realist painting by Ivan Akhremchik : "Komsomol member Kostya, worker at Minsk Tractor Works."