A tractor from the collection of the Verkhnyaya Pyshma museum was assembled by Fyodor Dranichnikov, a resident of the village of Baltym and a craftsman, in 1946. He used spare parts from other agricultural equipment.
A tractor replaced the manual labor of dozens of workers and horses. Most often it was used for agricultural work — plowing the land, harvesting crops, mowing the grass and fertilizing the soil.
The exhibit from the museum collection was operated by hand: the worker pushed the tractor in front and steered it with the help of two handles. The car was powered by an electric motor located in the middle between the two wheels.
With the advent of the tractor, agricultural works began to take less time. The first steam engine was used in the field by the Englishman William Howard in 1850 to plow the land.
In the second half of the 19th century, European countries began to use steam plows. Only in England there were more than two thousand by this time.
A tractor with a steam engine on tracks appeared in Russia in 1888, it was invented by the Russian self-taught mechanic Fyodor Blinov. However, his vehicle was cumbersome, difficult to use, so neither entrepreneurs nor landowners appreciated the new development.
Tractors with internal combustion engines appeared in 1901 in America. The first models were heavy and broke frequently. Gradually, the machines were improved, their size and weight were reduced.
In 1917, the mass production of tractors began at the Henry Ford factories. The new machine quickly became popular: by 1920, 200 thousand tractors of various designs had been sold in America.
At the same time, tractors began to be manufactured in Russia. In 1919, the ‘Gnom’ model appeared on the market, the power of its oil engine was 11.8 kilowatts. Then ‘Kolomenets-1’ (1922), ‘Zaporozhets’ (1922-1923), ‘Kommunar’ (1924), and ‘Karlik’ (1924) were released.
However, until 1930, production volumes were small. Then a tractor plant was built in Stalingrad, which produced 150 tractors per day. Since 1931, production was launched in Kharkiv, and since 1933 — in Chelyabinsk. In the post-war years, six more large tractor-building plants were built in the country.
A tractor replaced the manual labor of dozens of workers and horses. Most often it was used for agricultural work — plowing the land, harvesting crops, mowing the grass and fertilizing the soil.
The exhibit from the museum collection was operated by hand: the worker pushed the tractor in front and steered it with the help of two handles. The car was powered by an electric motor located in the middle between the two wheels.
With the advent of the tractor, agricultural works began to take less time. The first steam engine was used in the field by the Englishman William Howard in 1850 to plow the land.
In the second half of the 19th century, European countries began to use steam plows. Only in England there were more than two thousand by this time.
A tractor with a steam engine on tracks appeared in Russia in 1888, it was invented by the Russian self-taught mechanic Fyodor Blinov. However, his vehicle was cumbersome, difficult to use, so neither entrepreneurs nor landowners appreciated the new development.
Tractors with internal combustion engines appeared in 1901 in America. The first models were heavy and broke frequently. Gradually, the machines were improved, their size and weight were reduced.
In 1917, the mass production of tractors began at the Henry Ford factories. The new machine quickly became popular: by 1920, 200 thousand tractors of various designs had been sold in America.
At the same time, tractors began to be manufactured in Russia. In 1919, the ‘Gnom’ model appeared on the market, the power of its oil engine was 11.8 kilowatts. Then ‘Kolomenets-1’ (1922), ‘Zaporozhets’ (1922-1923), ‘Kommunar’ (1924), and ‘Karlik’ (1924) were released.
However, until 1930, production volumes were small. Then a tractor plant was built in Stalingrad, which produced 150 tractors per day. Since 1931, production was launched in Kharkiv, and since 1933 — in Chelyabinsk. In the post-war years, six more large tractor-building plants were built in the country.
