ilitorevich, together with test technician ivan kukharev, went to moscow to vdnkh in order to presentt to the twenty- second connection of the cpsu. and they successfully passed the tests there and back, one might say, without any problems. these were the first. large road tests at a distance of 600-700 km one way. the delegate was then shown a unique specimen larger than the load, which had no analogues either in the soviet union or abroad. belas 540. of course, it still became an iconic car and still does is, this is a mining dump truck with a payload capacity of 27. belas 540 development began in 1960, and until recently there were many who were inclined to produce this class of machines in the urals, but even skeptics had no doubts. at the beginning of october 1946, residents of the small white town of zhodina could observe an unusual picture. in the area of the railway station, right next to the railway tracks , some important meeting was taking place. and there was no doubt that this was so. the local authorities were really fussing around, judging by everything, a respected p