Minsk Tractor Works (; ; MTZ) is a Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer with headquarters in Minsk, Belarus. Minsk Tractor Works is one of the main tractor factories in the country. It is a part of the Minsk Tractor Works Industrial Association. In addition to the main plant in Minsk, the association includes a number of plants that produce parts and attachable tools for tractors and other vehicles produced by MTZ.

History

thumb|right|250px|MTZ-2 (1954-1958) tractor near Minsk Tractor Works. Minsk, Belarus.

thumb|right|250px|MTZ-5 (1957-1972)

thumb|right|250px|MTZ-52 (1962-1985)

thumb|right|250px|MTZ-80 (since 1974)

thumb|right|250px|Main assembly line

thumb|left|1960 [[socialist realist painting by Ivan Akhremchik: "Komsomol member Kostya, worker at Minsk Tractor Works."]]

The plant was established on 29 May 1946. The first manufactured tractor was caterpillar tractor "Kirovets". The production of MTZ-model tractors, the MTZ-1 and MTZ-2 models, started on October 14, 1953. (Prototypes were manufactured in 1949.)

In 2015, MTZ produced 2,424 tractors, an increase of 45% compared to the previous year (1,648 tractors).

In 2017, 92.1% tractors of 31,011 produced were exported. 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).

In 2022, Canada and Ukraine imposed sanctions on MTZ.

Products

Tractors

Belarus-80.1; Belarus-82.1; Belarus-90; Belarus-92; Belarus-320; Belarus-310; Belarus-321; Belarus-422; Belarus-510; Belarus, 512; Belarus-520; Belarus-522; Belarus-572; Belarus-622; Belarus-820; Belarus-826; Belarus-892; Belarus-920; Belarus-922.3; Belarus-923.3; Belarus-1021; Belarus-Belarus-1025.2 1220.3; Belarus-1221.2; Belarus-1523; Belarus-2022.3; Belarus-3022DTS.1; Belarus-3522.; Belarus-5022

Special tractors

Belarus-80X; Belarus-100X; Belarus-920R; Belarus-921.3; BELARUS-921.4-10 / 91.

Caterpillar tractors

From November 1950 to August 1951 the plant manufactured the caterpillar tractor "Kirovets".

Joint assembly production of MTZ tractors began in 2013 in Cambodia, at MTZ's first assembly plant in the ASEAN region. Tractors are now exported to all ASEAN countries.

Sport, media, and culture

Until 2010 Minsk Tractor Works was a sponsor of a Belarusian Premier League football team MTZ-RIPO Minsk. Games were played at Traktor stadium, which is located near the plant.

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

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File:MTZ-82.1 tractor with front loader.jpg|MTZ-82.1 tractor with front loader

File:Belarus 821 Qurgonteppa 1.jpg|MTZ-82

File:Belarus_820.jpg|MTZ-820

File:Belarus 952.jpg|MTZ-952

File:MTZ-921.3 Belarus Tractor at IndAgra Farm Romexpo 2010.JPG|MTZ-921

File:Tractor Belarus-320 MK-2.jpg|MTZ-320

File:Tractor Belarus-1221-s.jpg|MTZ-1221

File:Tractor_Belarus-1522-2.jpg|MTZ-1522

File:Belarus_1523.jpg|MTZ-1523

File:Belarus_1220.4.jpg|MTZ-1220

File:Belarus_1222.jpg|MTZ-1222

File:Belarus_1025.jpg|MTZ-1025

File:Belarus_2422.jpg|MTZ-2422

File:Belarus_3022.jpg|MTZ-3022

File:Belarus 4522.jpg|MTZ-4522

File:Belarus MTZ-5022 (02).jpg|MTZ-5022

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References

  • Belarusian Machine Building: Once a Nation's Pride, Now a Burden?
  • Belarus: putting Russia on the right tractor – archive, 1988