Editing Moskvitch (section)

===Early history===
{{main|AZLK#History}}The Soviet Union initiated a series of [[Five-year plans for the national economy of the Soviet Union|five-year plans]] [[First five-year plan (Soviet Union)|in 1928]] under the rule of [[Joseph Stalin]]. The goals of the plan was to rapidly industrialise the economy of the [[Soviet Union]]. These plans included provisions for developing domestic automobile production. It was assumed that by improving the quality of life for the affected citizens and providing them with the opportunity to learn to drive during peacetime, they would constitute a cadre of trained drivers for the [[Red army]] in the event of armed conflict.

Industrial cooperation between [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and the [[United States|American]] [[Ford Motor Company]] dated back to the era of [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], with the company being an important supplier of passenger and commercial vehicles such as tractors and trucks. This cooperation persisted despite the events and ideology of the [[Russian Revolution]], with tens of thousands of vehicles imported during the 1910s and 1920s.  This was deemed necessary due to the devastation of the state and its economic output following the [[Great War]], [[Operation Faustschlag|occupation of Russian territories]] by the [[Central Powers]], and the [[Russian Civil War]].

The construction of the Moscow Car Assembly Factory ({{langx|ru|Московский автосборочный завод}}) began in 1929. In December 1930, the plant received the name of '''KIM''' '''(Factory named after Communist Youth International)''' {{Langx|ru|КИМ (Завод имени Коммунистического Интернационала Молодёжи)}}, from 1930 to 1939 its official name was '''Moscow Car Assembly Factory named after KIM ('''{{Langx|ru|Московский автосборочный завод имени КИМ}}) and then from 1939 until the beginning of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Great Patriotic War]] it was called '''Moscow Car Factory named after KIM''' ({{Langx|ru|Московский автомобильный завод имени КИМ}}).
[[File:KIM-10-50 sedan1940.jpg|thumb|210x210px|[[KIM-10-50]]]]
In 1930, the [[licensed production]] of [[Ford Model A (1927–1931)|Ford Model A]] and [[Ford Model AA]] vehicles began. These were assembled using [[knock-down kit]]s. In 1933, the plant became a branch of [[GAZ]] and began to assemble [[GAZ-A]] and [[GAZ-AA]] vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khakimova |first=Yulia |date=2023-02-08 |title=What models made the Moskvich a legendary car? (PHOTOS) |url=https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/335869-moskvich-sovier-car |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Russia Beyond |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1939, KIM was no longer a subsidiary of GAZ and in the following year it started to produce their first own model, the [[KIM-10|KIM 10]] inspired by the [[Ford Prefect]]. The plant's newly formed design department was headed by A. N. Ostrovtsev, an engineer from the [[NAMI (automotive institute)|NAMI]], and tasked by the Economic Committee of [[Sovnarkom]] with designing a small economy car suitable for large scale manufacture. From November 1940 to April 1941, 338 sedans were assembled. Exact production numbers for the phaeton version are unknown.