MoAZ an initialism for Mogilev Automobile Plant (Be:Магілёўскі аўтамабільны завод (МаАЗ) and Ru:Могилевский автомобильный завод (MoA3)), officially Mogilev Automobile Plant. SM Kirov is an automotive and earth-moving equipment manufacturer in the city of Mogilev, Belarus. MoAZ is a subsidiary of BelAZ since 2006. In 1958 MoAZ was named in honor of Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.