 After the October Revolution it was renamed "Red Putilovite Plant" ("zavod Krasny Putilovets"), famous for its manufacture of the first Soviet tractors, Fordzon-Putilovets, based on the Fordson tractor.The Putilov Plant was famous because of its revolutionary traditions.In the wake of Sergey Kirov's 1934 assassination, the plant was renamed "Kirov Factory No.