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After the Bolshevik Revolution the factory became known as Krasny Oktyabr, Russian: "Red October" (named for the October 1917 Revolution) To the west, it was widely known as the Red October Factory. The factory provided steel for the Stalingrad Tractor Factory. [2] It was completely destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad, but was restored by ...
Stalingrad Tractor Plant in the 1930s Factory ruins in November 1942 Stalingrad Tractor Plant on a 1947 stamp. Until 1961, the plant was called the Stalingrad Tractor Plant named for F. Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Сталинградский тракторный завод им. Ф. Э. Дзержинского, Stalingradski traktorni zavod im. F.E. Dzerzhinskogo, or СТЗ, STZ).
This is a list of the former Soviet tank factories.Today most of them are located in the Russian Federation, while only the Malyshev Factory is located in Ukraine.. This list includes the heavy steel manufacturing plants where main production and assembly of medium and heavy armoured vehicles took place, initiated first in the late 1920s as a prerequisite for the developing Red Army doctrine ...
Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga , covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [ 11 ]
[citation needed] The helmet was produced primarily in three factories, the Stalingrad Tractor Factory (designated CT in the ink stamp), the Red October Factory (ЗКО) also in Stalingrad, and the Lysva Metallurgical Factory (LMZ). [2] The first liner was an eight-finger leather liner, similar to those of the German M35 to M42 Stahlhelm designs.
Soviet troops in the ruins of the Red October Steel Factory, October 1942. From 30 September 1942 the division, which could muster only roughly half its original strength, was assigned to defend the Red October steel works. From that date until 2 February 1943, the division was involved in almost constant combat with numerically superior German ...
Titan had its origins as the factory's design bureau. [4] The factory was overrun and destroyed by the Germans in 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad, but resumed production in 1944. [4] In 1975 the plant was selected to manufacture the gun and mount for the 2S7 Pion. [5] The Titan Design Bureau was separated from the factory in 1990. [4]
Gerhardt's Mill (Russian: Мельница Гергардта) is a building of historical significance in the Battle of Stalingrad. [1] [2] Gerhardt's Mill is situated directly across from Pavlov's House in central modern-day Volgograd. It is preserved in its bombed-out state and is one of the main landmarks of the Battle of Stalingrad.