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Abbreviation Description
AMO Moscow Automotive Society, 1924-31
AZLK Leninsky Komsomol Automotive Plant, Moscow, 1968-present
BA Armored automobile
BAZ Bryansk Automotive Plant, Belorus'
BelAZ Belarus' Automotive Plant, Minsk, Belorus', 1959-present
GAI National auto-inspection
GAZ Gor'ky Automotive Plant, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1932-present
GZA Gor'ky Bus Plant, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
GZSA Gor'ky Plant for Specialized Vehicles, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
IzhMash Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, Russian, 1966-present
KamAZ Kama Automotive Plant, Naberezhniye Chelni, Russia, 1976-present
KAvZ Kurgan Automotive Plant, Russia, 1958-present
KAZ Kutaisi Automotive Plant, Georgia, 1951-present
KIM Communist Youth International, Moscow, 1940-41
KrAZ Kremenchug Automotive Plant, Ukraine, 1959-present
LAZ L'vov Automotive Plant, Ukraine, 1951-present
LiAZ Likino-Dulevo Automotive Plant, Moscow, Russia, 1959-present??
LuAZ Lutsk Automotive Plant, Ukraine, 1966-present??
MAZ Minsk Automotive Plant, Belorus', 1947-present
MMZ Mytischi Machine-Building Plant, Moscow, 1947-present
MoAZ Mogilev Automotive Plant, Belarus', 1961-present??
MZKT Minsk Plant
MZMA Moscow Light Automobile Plant, 1947-68
NAMI Automotive Science and Research Institute, Moscow, 1927-present
PAZ Pavlovo Automotive Plant, 1950-present
PMG GAZ Fire Vehicle
PMZ ZIS Fire Vehicle
RAF Riga Automotive Plant, Latvia, 1954-present
UAZ Ulyanovsk Automotive Plant, 1942-present
UralAZ Ural Automotive Plant, Miass, Russia, 1963-present
UralZIS Ural Stalin Automotive Plant, Miass, Russia, 1944-63
VAZ Volga Automotive Plant, Toliatti, Russia, 1970-present
ZAZ Zaporozhye Automotive Plant, Ukraine, 1960-present
ZIL Lihachev Automotive Plant, Moscow, 1956-current
ZIU Uritsky Automotive Plant, Engels, Russia, 1951-present
ZIS Stalin Automotive Plant, Moscow, 1931-56


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