What is Zil?

OJSC AMO ZiL, known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant (Russian: Публичное акционерное общество – Завод имени Лихачёва, romanized: Publichnoye aktsionernoye obshchestvo – Zavod imeni Likhachyova) and more commonly called ZiL (Russian: ЗиЛ), was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment

Is it Ziad or Ziyad?

Ziad, an alternative way to spell Zeyad and Ziyad. Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad Arabic: زياد ‎) is an Arabic given name and surname . Ziad al-Khasawneh, Jordanian lawyer who headed a team of twenty-two defense lawyers for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

What is a ZiL limousine?

The ZiL limousines were the official car that carried the Soviet heads of state, and many Soviet Union allied leaders, to summits or in parades. The limousines were flown to international summits as for example in 1990 to Washington, D.C. for President Mikhail Gorbachev ‘s official state visit.

What happened to the factory of ZiL?

The factory’s equipment and other automotive assets were auctioned off to a new company, “MSTs6 AMO ZIL”. It employs 47 staff, mostly former ZiL workers. The company took part in the Moscow International Automobile Salon 2016.