Pavlohrad
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Pavlohrad or sometimes Pavlograd (Ukrainian: Павлоград) is a city in eastern Ukraine. It is located at around . Population: 118,800 (2001).
The rivers of Vovcha (runs through the city 12.85 km), Hnizdka (3.9 km), Kocherha (2.9 km) flow through Pavlohrad. The area of the city is 59.3 km². There are 20 schools and 1 lyceum in the city.
There was a significant Jewish community in Pavlohrad prior to 1941. Founding date of its Jewish community is 1780. Pre-Holocaust Jewish population was approx. at 4,000. It was destroyed during Nazi occupation in 1941.
[edit] Pavlohrad Mechanical Plant
The city is home to Pavlohrad Mechanical Plant (PMZ) that was established in December of 1963 as a specialized production facility of the Plant no. 586 (now Pivdenmash Production Assn.). Russian Defense Business Directory (1995) quotes 1931 as establishment date. Perhaps, that relates to a previous facility, which existed at that place and was used as a basis for PMZ. (According to some sources, it was initially a workshop associated with an artillery test range.) PMZ is a dedicated factory for assembly, perfection and production of solid-fueled rocket engines and missiles. By 1975 PMZ became the largest solid-rocket factory within the Ministry of General Machine Building of USSR. PMZ made fuel tanks for booster rockets and plastic ICBM rocket motor casings; parts, components, and assemblies for aerospace systems manufacturing.
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