Uralmash was more than just a heavy machinery plant. It was considered an embodiment of the Sino-Soviet industrial and ideological exchange. RBTH presents rare images from the plant’s museum.
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Daria Kezina
Chinese workers undergoing training in the forging shop of Uralmash.
Daria Kezina
Trainees from China in the foundry shop of Uralmash.
Daria Kezina
A Chinese trainee in the quality control shop.
Daria Kezina
A joint Sino-Soviet team working to assemble excavators.
Daria Kezina
Soviet smith G. Kovalenko teaching Chinese smiths in Taiyuan.
Daria Kezina
Training of Chinese steelmakers by Russian expert Sergey Ageyev.
Daria Kezina
A Soviet specialist teaching Chinese workers to check the quality of pipes in Anshan.
