Kharkov Locomotive Factory (Komintern)

The Malyshev Factory, formerly the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory, is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. The factory is part of the State Concern UkrOboronProm .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, designer of military armoured fighting vehicles and the Kharkiv Engine Design Bureau for engines. During 1958 it constructed "Kharkovchanka", an off-road vehicle which reached the South Pole the following year.