The Urals Automotive Plant, an Open Stock Company Uralskiy Avtomobilnyi Zavod, UralAZ is a major Russian manufacturer of off-road trucks under the Ural (Cyrillic: "Урал") brand. Located in the city of Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast in the Ural Mountains. The plant was established in 1941;
History of the Automobile Plant URAL
Founded by decision of the USSR State Defense Committee. Until 1991, it was a state-owned enterprise within the USSR Ministry of the Automotive Industry. In 2001, it was completely privatized and became part of the RusPromAvto engineering holding.History of the Automobile Plant URAL