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GAZ is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky. It is the core subsidiary of GAZ Group Holding, which is itself part of Basic Element industrial group. JSC Russian Machines is the controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ.
In May 1929 the Soviet Union signed an agreement with the American Ford Motor Company. Under its terms, the Soviets agreed to purchase $13 million worth of automobiles and parts, while Ford agreed to give technical assistance until 1938 to construct an integrated automobile-manufacturing plant at Nizhny Novgorod. The factory was founded and production started on 1 January 1932. At the time the factory was known as Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant, short NAZ , full name Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant named after V. M. Molotov , after the Soviet minister Vyacheslav Molotov. In 1932 the plant produced its first automobiles, GAZ-AA truck and GAZ-A passenger car. The cars were based on the Ford Model AA and Ford Model A, respectively....