Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) (, ''Open JSC Minski Autamabilny Zavod'', ''Minskij Avtomobilnyj Zavod'') is a state-run automotive manufacturer association in
Belarus
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, one of the largest in Eastern Europe.
History

After a decision by the Soviet Industrial command in August 1944, the plant was begun as the Second World War ended.
The first MAZ model, the
MAZ-200
MAZ-200 was a Soviet truck manufactured at the Minsk Automobile Plant. It was the first Soviet truck powered by a diesel engine. The MAZ-200 was initially produced by YaAZ (Yaroslavl Automobile Plant), based in Yaroslavl, Russia, between 1947 a ...
, entered production in 1949. This truck used General Motors-designed two-stroke engines and was a continuation of a truck developed by the
Yaroslavl Motor Plant
OJSC «Autodiesel» (ОАО «Автоди́зель») known as the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), Russian: Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д (ЯМЗ), romanized: Yaroslavskyi Motornyi Zavod (YaMZ), based in Yaroslavl, Russ ...
(YaMZ), who also built the engines.
[ Later on, YaMZ's own original engines were developed and implemented in the MAZ-500 series which was first shown in 1955, but only reaching full series production in 1965.]Schauen
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Apartment buildings, shops, medical clinics, cinemas etc. were built in close proximity to the MAZ plant, providing plant workers with local (though limited) necessities. On many of the construction sites, German prisoners of war were working together with Belarusian construction workers.
It manufactures heavy-duty truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construct ...
s, bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
es, trolleybus
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es, road tractors and semi-trailer
A semi-trailer is a trailer (vehicle), trailer without a front axle. The combination of a semi-trailer and a tractor truck is called a ''semi-trailer truck'' (also known simply as a "semi-trailer", "tractor trailer", or "semi" in the United Sta ...
s for semi-trailer truck
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s, and cranes. MAZ was, and possibly is, the world's largest manufacturer of TELs (Transporter-Erector-Launchers) for many of the world's mobile ballistic missiles
A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are powered only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) typica ...
, from the MAZ-543
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Europe
* Spring – Siege of Naples (542–543): The Byzantine garrison (1,000 men) in Naples surrenders to the Ostrogoths, pressed by famine and demoralized by the failure of two relief efforts. Th ...
used to carry and launch the Scud B through to the Topol M's 8-axle TEL.
In 2020, it was said that the MAZ was the primary supplier for the chassis of such Russian army vehicles as the launchers for the Iskander-M
The 9K720 Iskander (; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of . It was intended to replace the OTR-21 Tochka in the Russian military by 2020.
The Iskander has several differ ...
and the S-400
The S-400 Triumf ( – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S ...
because the domestic Russian products are of comparatively low quality.
Political repressions, sanctions
On 21 June 2021, MAZ (as well as its general manager Ivankovich) was added to the sanctions list of the European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
for repressions against workers who participated in mass protests against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...
following the controversial presidential election of 2020. According to the official decision of the EU,
" AZis a source of revenue for the Lukashenka regime. OJSC MAZ has offered its premises and equipment to stage a political rally in support of the regime. Therefore, OJSC “MAZ” benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime."[COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/997]
- Official Journal of the European Union
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, 21.06.2021
Moreover,
Employees of OJSC “MAZ” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of fraudulent August 2020 elections in Belarus, were intimidated and later laid off by the company’s managements. A group of employees was locked indoors by OJSC MAZ to prevent them from joining the other protesters. Therefore, MAZ is responsible for the repression of civil society and supports the Lukashenka regime.
On the same day, MAZ and Ivankovich were also sanctioned by Canada. Later, Switzerland also sanctioned the company and its general manager.
In March 2023, the U.S. Treasury
The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the Treasury, national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current United States federal executive departments, U.S. government departments.
...
included MAZ and Ivankovich in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. In May 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions against the plant, followed by the U.S. sanctions on exports in 2024.
Organization
The association consists of the MAZ plant proper, located in Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
, which is the main enterprise of the association, as well as several secondary enterprises:
* РУП «БААЗ» (in Baranavichy
Baranavichy or Baranovichi is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Baranavichy District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has a population of 170,817. ...
)
* РУП «ОЗАА» (in Asipovichy
Asipovichy (; ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Asipovichy District. It is located southwest of Mogilev, south of the Minsk-Gomel expressway. It is located at the junction of railway lines betwe ...
)
* РУА «КЗТШ» (in Zhodino
Zhodzina or Zhodino is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, located north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of . In 2021, its population was 65,451. As of 2025, it has a population of 63,354.
History
The settlement is first mentioned in 1688, ...
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* РУП «Літмаш» (in Minsk),
* ПРУП «ДЭМЗ» (in Dzyarzhynsk
Dzyarzhynsk, or Dzerzhinsk, formerly known as Koydanava until 1932, is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarzhynsk District. As of 2025, it has a population of 29,630.
History
In the Middle Ages, the ...
)
* РУП «СтройМАЗтрест» (in Minsk)
At some points of its history, MAZ was "united" with another heavy automobile company - BELAZ
BelAZ (, ) is a Belarus, Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and construction industries.
''BelAZ'' is a ...
also located in Minsk area.
In 1991, a division specialising in heavy wheeled military vehicles was spun off into a separate business, MZKT
MZKT (''МЗКТ'' or ''МЗКЦ'', , , Minsk Wheel(ed) Tractor Plant (MWTP)) is a manufacturer of heavy off-road vehicles, especially military trucks, based in Minsk, in Belarus; it was formerly a division of MAZ. MZKT civilian trucks are bran ...
.
MAZ is 100% state-owned company.
Products
Among other products, MAZ city buses (see pictures below) are operating throughout Belarus, as well as in Russia
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, Ukraine
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, Poland
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, Romania
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, Serbia
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, Latvia
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and Estonia
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In Serbia
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, working in cooperation with a local-based company BIK (Bus industries Kragujevac), a production of gas-powered buses named BIK-203 has been agreed, which are based on the platform of MAZ-203 model.
MAZ-MAN
In 1997, together with MAN
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Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the f ...
, a joint Belarusian-German company JSC MAZ-MAN, was set up, which by 1998 had established full-scale production of heavy vehicles, using the F90 MAN cabs introduced 1986 and replaced in 1994. While production of tractors for international trade with 4x2 and 6x4 chassis layouts was a stated goal, development of exhaust gas regulations within the EU turned this into a illusion.
Models
Cars
* MAZ-1500 (1959, MAZ's only car)
Trucks
* MAZ-200
MAZ-200 was a Soviet truck manufactured at the Minsk Automobile Plant. It was the first Soviet truck powered by a diesel engine. The MAZ-200 was initially produced by YaAZ (Yaroslavl Automobile Plant), based in Yaroslavl, Russia, between 1947 a ...
(1950, formerly built by YaAZ from 1947 to 1950)
* МАZ-200V (1952, tractor-trailer version of MAZ-200)
* МАZ-205 (1950, dump truck version of MAZ-200)
* МАZ-500/MAZ-500A (1965)
* MAZ-501 (1955, logging truck version of MAZ-200)
* МАZ-501V (tractor-trailer version of MAZ-501)
* МАZ-502 (1957, 4x4 version of MAZ-200)
* МАZ-502V (tractor-trailer version of MAZ-502)
* МАZ-503/MAZ-503A (1958, dump truck version of MAZ-500)
* MAZ-504/MAZ-504A (1965, tractor-trailer version of MAZ-500)
* МАZ-505 (1962, prototype 4x4 truck based on MAZ-500)
* MAZ-506 (1954, prototype dump truck based on MAZ-205)
* МАZ-509 (1969, logging truck version of MAZ-500)
* MAZ-510 (1965, prototype dump truck based on MAZ-503)
* МАZ-511 (dump truck version of MAZ-500)
* MAZ-512/MAZ-500C (cold weather version of MAZ-500)
* MAZ-513/MAZ-500YU (hot weather version of MAZ-500)
* MAZ-514 (1965, prototype three-axle truck based on MAZ-500)
* МАZ-515 (1965, prototype tractor-trailer version of MAZ-514)
* МАZ-516 (1969)
* MAZ-520 (1972, prototype truck based on MAZ-504)
* MAZ-525
MAZ-525 (BelAZ-525 from 1959) was a Soviet heavy truck produced by the Minsk Automobile Plant. Development started in 1949 at the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant Design Bureau as the YaAZ-225. It was planned to install a cab from the YaAZ-200, offse ...
(1951, later built by BelAZ
BelAZ (, ) is a Belarus, Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and construction industries.
''BelAZ'' is a ...
)
* MAZ-528 (1955, prototype wheeled dozer)
* MAZ-529 (1955, production moved to MoAZ in 1958)
* MAZ-530
The MAZ-530 is a Soviet-era heavy-duty dump truck with 6×4 wheels, produced at the Minsk Automobile Plant and Belarusian Automobile Works from 1957 to 1960 and from 1960 to 1963, respectively.
History
In the 1950s the USSR manufactured biaxia ...
(1957, later built by BelAZ
BelAZ (, ) is a Belarus, Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and construction industries.
''BelAZ'' is a ...
)
* MAZ-532 (1957, prototype logging truck)
* MAZ-535
MAZ-535 is a family of heavy four-axle (8x8 tractor trucks developed between 1954 and 1959 by the Special Design Bureau of the Minsk Automobile Plant under the direction of B. L. Shaposhnik. From 1958 to 1961, they were produced at the Minsk plant, ...
(1958; production moved to KZKT in 1961)
* MAZ-537
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum loa ...
(1959; production moved to KZKT in 1963)
* MAZ-538 (1964, wheeled dozer)
* MAZ-541
The MAZ-541 was a Soviet aircraft tug.
History
Conventional trucks were previously used to tow aircraft, but with the appearance of the Tu-104 and Tu-114, more powerful vehicles were needed. MAZ-535 tractors were used, but its height required a l ...
(1956, aircraft tug based on MAZ-525)
* МАZ-543/МАZ-7310 (1962)
* MAZ-547/MAZ-7916 (1972)
* MAZ-2000 (1988, prototype truck)
* MAZ-3650 (2019)
* МАZ-4370 (1999)
* МАZ-4371 (2003)
* МАZ-4380 (2010)
* МАZ-4471 (2006)
* МАZ-4570 (2002)
* МАZ-5309 (2008)
* MAZ-5316 (1999, two-axle version of MAZ-6317)
* MAZ-5334 (1977, cab-chassis version of MAZ-5335)
* MAZ-5335
MAZ-5335 is a Soviet truck, manufactured at the Minsk Automobile Plant
Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) (, ''Open JSC Minski Autamabilny Zavod'', ''Minskij Avtomobilnyj Zavod'') is a state-run automotive manufacturer association in Belarus, one of ...
(1977)
* МАZ-5336 (1978)
* МАZ-5337 (1978)
* МАZ-5340 (2002)
* MAZ-5428 (1977)
* MAZ-5429 (1978)
* MAZ-5430 (1977)
* МАZ-5432 (1981)
* МАZ-5433 (1987)
* МАZ-5434 (1990)
* МАZ-5440 (1997)
* МАZ-5442
* МАZ-5516 (1988)
* MAZ-5549 (1978)
* MAZ-5550 (2006)
* МАZ-5551 (1985)
* МАZ-6303 (1990s)
* МАZ-6310 (2007)
* МАZ-6312 (2007)
* МАZ-6317 (1991)
* МАZ-6417
* MAZ-6418
* МАZ-6422 (1978)
* МАZ-6425 (tractor-trailer version of MAZ-6317)
* МАZ-6430 (1997)
* MAZ-6440 (2011, prototype)
* МАZ-6501 (2008)
* MAZ-6502 (2015)
* МАZ-6516
* МАZ-6517 (1994)
* МАZ-7410 (based on MAZ-543
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Europe
* Spring – Siege of Naples (542–543): The Byzantine garrison (1,000 men) in Naples surrenders to the Ostrogoths, pressed by famine and demoralized by the failure of two relief efforts. Th ...
)
* МАZ-7906 (1984, prototype)
* MAZ-7907
MAZ-7907 () is a Soviet army 24X24 transporter erector launcher prototype for the RT-23 Molodets ICBM designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Belarus.
On August 9, 1983, the Soviet government issued a decree on the establ ...
(1985)
* МАZ-7910 (based on MAZ-543)
* MAZ-7922 (1990, prototype)
* MAZ-79221 (1996, later built by MZKT
MZKT (''МЗКТ'' or ''МЗКЦ'', , , Minsk Wheel(ed) Tractor Plant (MWTP)) is a manufacturer of heavy off-road vehicles, especially military trucks, based in Minsk, in Belarus; it was formerly a division of MAZ. MZKT civilian trucks are bran ...
)
File:MAZ-203 and MAZ-206.JPG, MAZ-203 and MAZ-206 buses
File:Maz truck mims 2006.JPG, MAZ-447131
File:MAZ-MAN truck.JPG, Tipper, with the MAN
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F90 cab
Buses
* MAZ-101 (1993, based on Neoplan N4016
The Neoplan N4016 was a low-floor single-decker bus built by Neoplan between 1988 and 1999, initially at Stuttgart in Germany and later also in Poland. It is the larger version of the Neoplan N4009 midibus.
In Belarus, Minsk Automobile Plant ...
)
* MAZ-103 Omnibus
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* ''Omnibu ...
(1996, based on MAZ-101)
* MAZ-103T Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
(1999)
* MAZ-104 (1997, based on MAZ-103)
* MAZ-105 articulated (1997, based on MAZ-103)
* MAZ-107 three axle (2001, based on MAZ-103)
* MAZ-152 city bus (1999)
* MAZ-163
* MAZ-171 Airport bus
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(2005)
* MAZ-203
The MAZ-203 is a fully low-floor single-decker bus. It is a representative of the second generation of MAZ city buses, being a successor to the MAZ-103. It has been built since 2006, there are over 100 models have been built already. MAZ 203 ...
Omnibus (2006)
* MAZ-203T Trolleybus (2006)
* MAZ-205 (2009)
* MAZ-206 Omnibus (2006)
* MAZ-207
* MAZ-215 (2014)
* MAZ-216 (2018)
* MAZ-226 (2007)
* MAZ-231
* MAZ-241
* MAZ-251 Tourist (2006)
* MAZ-256 Omnibus (2006)
* MAZ-257 (2019)
* MAZ-271 (2020)
* MAZ-281 (2019)
* MAZ-303 (2019)
Special models
* MAZ-535
MAZ-535 is a family of heavy four-axle (8x8 tractor trucks developed between 1954 and 1959 by the Special Design Bureau of the Minsk Automobile Plant under the direction of B. L. Shaposhnik. From 1958 to 1961, they were produced at the Minsk plant, ...
/MAZ-537
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum loa ...
- The MAZ-535 and the heavier version MAZ-537 were developed in the early 1960s and built to transport rockets and tanks of various types.
* MAZ-543/MAZ-7310 - The MAZ-543 was also designed for the transport of medium-and long-range missiles and has the same specifications as the MAZ-537
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum loa ...
. The MAZ-543 is best known as mobile missile launch pad of Scud missile
A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second and Third World countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name attached to the m ...
s. In 1976, the MAZ-7310 was released. It is similar to the MAZ-543 but without the special equipment. In addition, there are various modifications of the vehicle, such as the MAZ-547 as a mobile launch pad for SS-20
The RSD-10 ''Pioneer'' ( tr.: ''raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner"''; ) was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, deployed by the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1988. It carried GRAU designation 15Ж45 (''15Zh45''). It ...
missiles or the MAZ-7917
The MAZ-7917 () is a Soviet and Russian army 14×12 Twelve-wheel drive transporter-erector-launcher designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Belarus.
Developed primarily for use as a Topol ICBM mobile launcher, the earli ...
as a launch pad of Topol intercontinental missile.
* MAZ-547/MAZ-7916 - The MAZ-547 is a six-axle version of the MAZ-543 and was used for the RSD-10 Pioneer IRBM. The MAZ-7916, an improved version, was released in 1980.
* MAZ-7904 - The MAZ-7904 is the largest wheeled vehicle that was ever designed for military purposes in the USSR. The prototype was designed in 1982 as a support vehicle for intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range (aeronautics), range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more Thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear warheads). Conven ...
s, but never went into production. The vehicle was found in 2007 in a hangar at Baikonur
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, but was scrapped in 2010 due to severe corrosion.
* MAZ-7906/MAZ-7907
MAZ-7907 () is a Soviet army 24X24 transporter erector launcher prototype for the RT-23 Molodets ICBM designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Belarus.
On August 9, 1983, the Soviet government issued a decree on the establ ...
- The MAZ-7906 was an eight-axle, 16 wheel Transporter-erector-launcher
A transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more Rocket artillery, rockets or missiles.
History
Such vehicles exist for both surfac ...
intended to transport the Tselina-2 missile, a projected road-mobile variant of the RT-23 Molodets
The RT-23 Molodets (, lit. "brave man" or "fine fellow"; NATO reporting name: SS-24 Scalpel) was a cold-launched, three-stage, solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile developed and produced before 1991 by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in D ...
. In 1985, the 12-axle MAZ-7907 was developed, also intended for the Tselina-2. Two prototypes were produced, but despite successful factory trials, no production followed. At least one seems to have been used after the collapse of the USSR for transportation of bridge parts and ships. One unit is stored at the Minsk Wheel Tractor plant awaiting restoration.
* МАZ-7912/MAZ-7917 - The MAZ-7912 is a seven-axle, 14 wheel TEL for the Topol missile. In 1984, the MAZ-7917 was released, lengthened and had crew cabins similar to the MAZ-7916.
File:Galosh anti-ballistic missile launcher.JPEG, MAZ-537
File:SS-1C Scud B missiles on TEL.JPEG, MAZ-543
File:Moscow Parad 2008 Ballist.jpg, MAZ-7917
Generations
Sponsorship in football
* 1999–2002: Torpedo-MAZ Minsk
Gallery
Buses
File:Bus MAZ-105.jpg, MAZ-105 bus
File:Constanta MAZ yellow bus.jpg, MAZ-103 city bus (yellow) in Constanța
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, Romania
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File:Constanta pink bus.jpg, MAZ-103 city bus (pink) in Constanța
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, Romania
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File:MAZ.Iasi-Romania.JPG, MAZ-103 city bus in Iași
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, Romania
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File:МАЗ-103 Казань.jpg, Restyled MAZ-103 bus in Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
, Russia
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File:MAZ 103 CNG.jpg, MAZ-103 CNG
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File:MAZ-103t in Minsk.JPG, MAZ-103T trolleybus in Minsk
File:MAZ 107 Constanta.jpg, MAZ-107 city bus in Constanța
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, Romania
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File:MAZ-203 and MAZ-206.JPG, MAZ-203
The MAZ-203 is a fully low-floor single-decker bus. It is a representative of the second generation of MAZ city buses, being a successor to the MAZ-103. It has been built since 2006, there are over 100 models have been built already. MAZ 203 ...
and MAZ-206 buses
File:MAZ-251-Reisebus in München.JPG, MAZ-251 coach in Munich
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File:MAZ 206 in route 107 at Hanoi.jpg, MAZ-206 at Kim Mã Terminal, Hanoi
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, Vietnam
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File:Galati MAZ trolleybus 1403.jpg, MAZ-203T trolleybus in Galați
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, Romania
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File:MAZ-215 Marshala Rokossovskoho avenue Kyiv 20190705.jpg, MAZ-215 articulated bus in Kyiv
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, Ukraine
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File:MAZ-303.jpg, MAZ-303 bus
Trucks
File:MAZ truck 2.JPG, MAZ-5551
File:9P117 9K72.jpg, 9K72 Elbrus launcher (9P117)
File:MAZ-543 airport tender.jpg, MAZ-543 airport tender, airport in Kyrgyzstan
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File:Fire truck ATs 5,0-50-4 on MAZ-5336A3.jpg, Fire truck ATs 5,0-50-4 on MAZ-5337A2 -01
File:Fire service Baranavichy, Belarus.jpg, MAZ-5337 Firetruck in Baranavichy, Belarus
File:МАЗ-6440.jpg, MAZ-6440 conventional cab tractor unit
File:MAZ-478800 (MAZ-4571N2-540-010 with Kupava-470011).jpg, MAZ-4571 box truck
File:MAZ-6501C9 long-haul truck with MAZ-856100 trailer (01).jpg, MAZ-6501 flatbed truck with trailer
File:BAMAP-2019 exhibition (Minsk, Belarus) — Выставка БАМАП-2019 (Минск, Беларусь) 00007.jpg, MAZ-5440 semi-trailer truck
File:Concrete mixer on MAZ chassis (01).jpg, MAZ-6516 concrete mixer truck
File:Armenian-Iranian border, Nurduz 01 (cropped).jpg, MAZ-6430 tractor unit towing a tank trailer at the border between Armenia
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and Iran
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File:Milk tanker ACIP-12I with milk tanker-trailer on MAZ chassis (01).jpg, MAZ-6312 milk tank truck
File:MAZ dump truck 2.jpg, MAZ-6516 dump truck (orange)
File:MAZ vehicle, Minsk (March 2020) p015.jpg, MAZ-6312 logging truck in Minsk
Notes
References
* Peter J. Davies: Trucks of the World - The encyclopedia of makes and models from 2002. Motor Book, Stuttgart. .
External links
Official site
Official Maz-Man website
MAZ - russian history
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Truck manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Bus manufacturers of Belarus
Trolleybus manufacturers
Truck manufacturers of Belarus
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Bus manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1944
1944 establishments in Belarus
1944 establishments in the Soviet Union
Economy of Minsk
Companies based in Minsk
Belarusian brands
Soviet brands
Electric vehicle manufacturers of Belarus
Belarusian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions