and in the late fifties, a visit to the republic was planned by alexei kasygin, then the chairman ofate planning committee, at the level of the country's leadership a final decision had to be made on the start of production of a fundamentally new class of trucks in the soviet union. and in connection with this , the construction of a new plant. the ussr economy developed dynamically, at an accelerated pace. the country needed raw materials for almost all sectors of the national economy. working in large quarries with small trucks was becoming unprofitable. with the development of mountain industry. there was a need to create appropriate equipment, including in the soviet union. that is why the decision was made to create a plant for the production of mining dump trucks. the majority of members of the presidium of the council of ministers of the ussr were inclined to build it directly where mining was going on. the urals were considered as the main site, and this was logical. but preference was given to belarus. finally, the fate of the new automobile plant was decided by kasygin’s ar