Kamaz is a russian truck manufacturer founded in 1969.
December 13th 1969 –1969– on the construction site of the Kama River Truck Plant the first bucket of soil was excavated.
Autumn of 1970 –1970– the first cubic meters of concrete were grouted into the foundation of the firstborn plant at KAMAZ, i.e. the Repair and Tooling Plant, as well as the Grey and Malleable Iron Foundry.
January 1971 –1971– the first 12-storey apartment building to accommodate KAMAZ trail-blazers was commissioned in Naberezhnye Chelny.
1973 –1973– the buildings of virtually all the facilities of the first phase of the complex were erected, the first city street car line was started up, the first power unit of the heat and power generating utility was put under load.