project was already completed at the end of 1948 by the minsk residents represented at the scientific and technical council of the ministry of automotive and tractor industryademician evgeniy alekseevich chudakov, an authoritative figure in the ussr. after much debate, the technical design of a universal wheeled agricultural tractor was approved. the calculations and arguments of the chief designer of the minsk tractor plant, ivan iosifovich drong, turned out to be more than convincing. the car had to be put into production as soon as possible. on july 18, 1949 , the twist of the experimental workshop was already the first belarusian wheeled tractor, developed by the plant's designers, was coming out. it became an event, its own development, its own assembly. the republic laid the foundations for creating a whole line of its own cars. in total, seven prototypes were produced in 1949 , factory tests, modifications, and tests again. the prototype became the basis for the creation of mtz-2, which was launched into mass production. crawler tractor kd-35, skidder kt-12, special equipment used in logging, the first wheeled tractor, the result of the heroic work