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ZiS (Russian: Zavod imeni Stalina, 'Factory named for Stalin') may refer to:
Zavod imeni Likhacheva of Moscow, formerly Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Stalina, and its products:
o ZiS-101 limousine
o ZiS-110 limousine
o ZiS-152 (BTR-152) armoured personnel carrier
ZIL = Zavod Imeni Likhacheva (Russian: Likhachev Factory) is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as trucks, buses and tanks. The company also produces hand-built limousines and high-end luxury sedans in extremely low quantities, primarily for the Russian government. ZIL passenger cars are priced at the equivalent of models from Maybach and Rolls-Royce, but are largely unknown outside the CIS and production rarely exceeds a dozen cars per year.
Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO) was founded in 1916. The first truck was produced in 1924. In 1933 the factory changed its name to Zavod Imeni Stalina (ZIS). After Stalin's death in 1956 they changed again to Zavod Imeni Likhacheva (ZIL).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIS | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavod_Imeni_Likhacheva
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