Kirovets is the trade name for the Kirov Tractor Factory in Saint Petersburg, Russia. With a long history of industrial production, the Kirov factory began manufacturing large four-wheel drive tractors in 1962. The initial Kirovets design was expanded into a series of agricultural and industrial tractors. Privated in 1992, Kirovets is part of the Kirovsky Zavod industrial company and exports tractors worldwide.