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Heavy machine production business in Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Uralmash is a heavy machine production business of the Russian engineering corporation OMZ. Its facility is located in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and it is reported to employ around 16,500 people. The surrounding residential area where workers live is also called Uralmash.

Uralmash () is an abbreviation of Уральский Машиностроительный Завод, Ural’s’kiy Mashinostroitelnyy Zavod, literally ‘Urals Machine-Building Plant.' Historically, the plant was also called Уральский Завод Тяжелого Машиностроения, Ural’s’kiy Zavod Tyazhelogo Mashinostroyeniya, ‘Ural Heavy Machinery Plant’ or УЗТМ, UZTM, and for a time carried the honorary name of Ordzhonikidze Ural Heavy Machinery Plant, after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.

History

The construction of the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant began in 1926, and in 1928 a special "" for its workers was also elected.{{cite book |last1= Luchenko |first1= Ksenya |date= 2016 |title= Россия: взгляд с колокольни. От Калининграда до Якутии |trans-title= Russia: an overview from a bell tower. From Kaliningrad to Yakutia |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Yp5ZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2&pg=PA158 |language= ru |location= |publisher= Nikea |page= 416 |isbn= 978-5-91761-495-3 |ref = Luchenko The plant began operations in 1933 in compliance with the plans of the Government of the USSR for the industrialization of the country.{{cite book |editor-last1 = Liu |editor-first1 = Guoli |editor-last2 = Drzewieniecki |editor-first2 = Joanna |date= 2022 |title= Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nM5qEAAAQBAJ&dq=Uralmash+1933&pg=PA33 |location= Washington |publisher= Lexington Books |page= 33 |isbn= 9781666906363 |ref = Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology During the pre-World War II period, Uralmash was dependent on foreign specialists and equipment. It was reported, for instance, that the majority of the plant's machinery was provided by foreign companies "Hydraulik, Schlemann and Wagner", "Krigar", "Sheppard", "AEG", "Mars-Werke", and others.{{cite book |last1 = Benua |first1 = Sofia |date= 2015 |title= Достижения в СССР. Хроники великой цивилизации |trans-title= Achievements in the USSR. The chronicles of a great civilization |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WP-CCgAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+300+%D0%B8%D0%B7+337&pg=PT78 |language= ru |location= Moscow |publisher= Algoritm |page= 368 |isbn= 978-5-4438-1006-5 |ref = Benua The plant manufactured its products (blast furnace equipment, sintering machines, rolling mills, presses, cranes, etc.) for the mining and metallurgical industries located in the Urals and Siberia. The majority of these products were produced from individual designs. At the same time the plant began to develop military equipment, with the production of the F.F. Petrov designed Howitzer M-30.{{cite book |last1= Shunkov |first1= Viktor |date= 2005 |title= Артиллерия Красной Армии и Вермахта Второй мировой войны |trans-title= The artillery of the Red Army and Wehrmacht during the World War II |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DjAnEAAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0+1938&pg=PT45 |language= ru |location= Moscow |publisher= AST |page= 90 |isbn= 985-13-2697-6 |ref = Shunkov

During World War II large-scale production of armoured materiel was organized at the plant. At first the plant manufactured armoured tank hulls, but in 1942, Uralmash started producing T-34 tanks and the SU-122 assault gun.{{cite book |last1= Kolomiets |first1= Maxim |date= 2017 |title= Советский средний танк Т-34. Лучший танк Второй мировой |trans-title= Soviet tank T-34. The best tank of the Second World War |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oQIwAAAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+%D1%82-34&pg=PA310 |language= ru |location= Moscow |publisher= Eksmo |page= 307 |isbn= 978-5-699-98091-8 |ref = Kolomiets |last1 = Pulham |first1 = Francis |last2 = Kerrs |first2 = Will |date= 2021 |title= T-34 Shock: The Soviet Legend in Pictures |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pMg3EAAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+%D1%82-34&pg=PT565 |location= |publisher= Fonthill Media |page= |isbn= 9781781558461 |ref = Pulham, Kerrs |last1 = Bakurskyi |first1 = Viktor |last2 = Solomonov |first2 = Boris |date= 2020 |title= Оружие Победы |trans-title= Weapon of victory |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WIItDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88+%D1%81%D1%83-85&pg=PA67 |language= ru |location= Moscow |publisher= Rosmen |page= 66-67 |isbn= 978-5-353-09553-8 |ref = Bakurskyi, Solomonov |last1 = Zaloga |first1 = Steven J. |date= 2019 |title= SU-76 Assault Gun |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dH-ADwAAQBAJ&dq=uralmash+SU-76i&pg=PT24 |location= |publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |page= 48 |isbn= 9781472831866 |ref = Zaloga

After World War II, the state made large investments in the reconstruction and expansion of the Uralmash plant. This modernisation favoured both increased output and the production of new machines and equipment—shovels, drilling rigs, crushers and mills.{{cite book |last1 = Bakunin |first1 = A. |date= 1967 |title= Коммунисты Свердловска во главе масс |trans-title= Communists of Sverdlovsk at the head of the masses |url= |language= ru |location= Ekaterinburg |publisher= |page= 260 |isbn= |ref = Bakunin

In the 1950s, the state began efforts to equip the aviation and rocket industries with heavy hydraulic presses. Uralmash, in response to this new demand, created a range of this type of equipment.{{cite web |url = https://ria.ru/ips/uralmash/?ysclid=l2ge82gkp3 |title = Вехи Уралмашзавода |author = |language=ru |date = 2018 |publisher = RIA.ru |accessdate = April 26, 2022

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Dragline_excavator_in_the_Baltic_Oil_Shale_Basin.jpg" caption="Uralmash-manufactured dragline excavator in the [[Narva]] [[oil shale]] [[open pit mine]] in [[Estonia]]."] ::

In 1949 the plant produced the first dragline excavator. In 1960s the plant designed and manufactured draglines with booms 90–100 m long. Now more than 200 walking draglines are in operation at mines in Siberia and the Far East. One third of the total coal amount produced by the open casting is mined with the help of draglines.

The drilling rigs manufactured by Uralmash were of prime importance in the development of oil and gas regions of the USSR, including West Siberia, with its severe climate. The extra deep drilling rigs designed and manufactured at the plant made it possible to reach the depth of 13 km, like at the Kola Superdeep Borehole, and to obtain for the first time rock samples approximately 3 billion years old. In addition to land-based rigs, Uralmash also designs off-shore drilling equipment.

In 1971, Uralmash became the head enterprise of an industrial association. The association also embraced Heavy Machine Research Institute, Upper Pyshminsk Plant of Metal Constructions and Drilling Structures, Nevyansk Casting and Forging Plant, Bulanash Assembly Plant, Sverdlovsk Plant of Drilling and Metallurgical Equipment, and Sverdlovsk Mine Equipment Factory.

For at least part of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the plant was controlled, at least in part, by the Uralmash gang, a racketeering organization.{{cite web |url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4800653 |title = «Уралмаш». Часть 1. Сообщество авторитетных ребят |author = |language=ru |date = May 3, 2021 |publisher = Kommersant |accessdate = April 26, 2022 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Yekaterinburg_Uralmash_005_4268.jpg" caption="Uralmash entrance gate in 2019"] ::

In accordance with Russian Federation law, Uralmash was transformed in December 1992 into an open-end joint stock company under the name "The Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant".{{cite web |url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/32316 |title = Промышленный гигант преобразован в акционерное общество |author = Виктор Смирнов |language=ru |date = December 5, 1992 |publisher = Kommersant |accessdate = April 26, 2022 |url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2609843? |title = Бендукидзе Каха Автандилович. Личное дело |author = |language=ru |date = November 14, 2014 |publisher = Kommersant |accessdate = April 26, 2022 |url = https://www.rbc.ru/business/17/11/2014/5466085ecbb20f54d29e351d? |title = «Все просили денег, а он свободы»: жизнь и дела Кахи Бендукидзе |author = |language=ru |date = November 17, 2014 |publisher = Rbc.ru |accessdate = April 26, 2022

In 2005, Gazprom purchased a controlling stake in OMZ and Uralmash.

In February 2007, OMZ and Metalloinvest agreed to create a common manufacturing complex. OMZ contributed its holdings in Uralmash to the joint venture while Metalloinvest contributed its holdings in ORMETO-YuUMZ.{{cite web |url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1351097? |title = Корпорация «Уралмаш» разъехалась |author = Сергей Антонов, Дмитрий Беликов, Алексей Охлопков |language=ru |date = April 9, 2010 |publisher = Kommersant |accessdate = April 26, 2022

The first director of Uralmash was A. P. Bannikov. Oleg Danchenk served as General Director starting in 2009. Danchenko and First Deputy and Director-General of Uralmash-Engineering Boris Belman resigned their positions at the company in March 2016. The current General Director of Uralmash is Sokolov Sergey Olegovich.

In 2016, Uralmash and Indian steel manufacturer SRB International announced that they were embarking on a joint venture to produce heavy equipment for the Indian steel and mining sector.

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