| rdfs:comment | - The Malyshev Factory (), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. It produces diesel engines, farm machinery, coal-mining, sugar-refining, and wind farm equipment, but is best known for its production of Soviet tanks, including the BT tank series of fast tanks, the famous T-34 of the Second World War, the Cold War T-64 and T-80, and their modern Ukrainian successor, the T-84. The factory is closely associated with the Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), designer of military armoured fighting vehicles.
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| abstract | - The Malyshev Factory (), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. It produces diesel engines, farm machinery, coal-mining, sugar-refining, and wind farm equipment, but is best known for its production of Soviet tanks, including the BT tank series of fast tanks, the famous T-34 of the Second World War, the Cold War T-64 and T-80, and their modern Ukrainian successor, the T-84. The factory is closely associated with the Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), designer of military armoured fighting vehicles. The factory was renamed several times. English-language sources variously refer to it as factory, plant, or works, from the Russian zavod. The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is called Kharkov in Russian. Timeline:
* 1895—Establishment of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (Russian: Kharkovsky parovozostroitelny zavod or KhPZ, Харьковский паровозостроительный завод, ХПЗ)
* 1923—Production line for Kommunar tractors established
* 1928—Renamed Kharkov Komintern Locomotive Factory (Russian: Kharkovsky parovozostroitelny zavod imeni Kominterna, Харьковский паровозостроительный завод имени Коминтерна), and the tank design bureau is established
* 1936—Renamed Factory No. 183 (Zavod No. 183)
* 1941—Evacuated to Nizhny Tagil in the Urals and merged with the Uralvagonzavod Factory, to form the Ural Tank Factory No. 183
* 1945—Restarted production in Kharkiv factory, renamed Kharkov Diesel Factory No. 75
* 1957—Renamed Malyshev Plant (Russian: Zavod imeni V.A. Malysheva, Завод имени В.А. Малышева)
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