Manufacturer catalog

Kazan Helicopters

Kazan Helicopters is a Russian rotary-wing manufacturer in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, and a Russian Helicopters plant producing Mi-8/17-family helicopters, Mi-38 helicopters, and the Ansat light helicopter.

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The plant traces its aviation history to 1940 and moved into helicopter production in 1951. Russian Helicopters describes the Kazan site as the production plant for Mi-8/17, Ansat, and Mi-38 helicopters, while the Tatarstan industry ministry's 80th-anniversary history says the enterprise has supplied roughly 12,000 Mi-family and Ansat helicopters to 92 countries.

Kazan's catalog relevance is concentrated in the Mil utility and maritime helicopter families. The existing catalog connects Kazan Helicopters to the Mi-8/Mi-17 transport-helicopter family and the Mi-14 amphibious anti-submarine helicopter; public manufacturer context also places the plant in later Ansat and Mi-38 production, including serial Mi-38 deliveries reported by Rostec.

military and civil helicoptersMi-8/17-family utility and transport helicoptersMi-14 amphibious maritime helicoptersMi-38 transport helicoptersAnsat light helicoptershelicopter production, overhaul, modernization, and training

Notable Systems

Mi-8/Mi-17, Medium twin-turbine utility transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Mi-8/Mi-17

Medium twin-turbine utility transport helicopter

Russian Helicopters identifies Kazan Helicopters with production of Mi-8/17 helicopters; the plant's history and third-party legal profiles also describe Mi-8/17-family production as a core Kazan output.

Sources: Russian Helicopters Kazan Helicopter Plant, War & Sanctions Kazan Helicopter Plant
Mi-14, Amphibious anti-submarine helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Mi-14

Amphibious anti-submarine helicopter

Tatarstan's industry ministry history says Kazan produced 273 Mi-14 amphibious helicopters from 1973 to 1986, matching the catalog's Kazan attribution for the Mi-14 family.

Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary

Manufacturer History

  1. Plant history begins

    Tatarstan's industry ministry places the start of Kazan Helicopter Plant's aviation history on September 4, 1940, during the Soviet wartime aviation-industry buildout.

    Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary

  2. Helicopter production starts

    The same official regional history says the enterprise began producing rotary-wing aircraft in 1951, establishing the plant's postwar helicopter role.

    Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary

  3. Renamed Kazan Helicopter Plant

    The plant was renamed Kazan Helicopter Plant on April 30, 1966, after earlier operating as Soviet plant No. 387.

    Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary

  4. Mi-14 production begins

    Kazan produced the Mi-14 amphibious helicopter from 1973 through 1986, with the regional history giving a total of 273 aircraft.

    Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary

  5. Joined Russian Helicopters

    The Tatarstan history states that Kazan Helicopter Plant joined the Russian Helicopters holding in 2007; Russian Helicopters currently lists Kazan Helicopters in its production structure.

    Sources: Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversary, Russian Helicopters structure

  6. First serial Mi-38 civil delivery

    Rostec reported in February 2020 that Russian Helicopters handed over the first serial Mi-38 produced at Kazan Helicopter Plant to a civil customer.

    Sources: Rostec first serial Mi-38 delivery

Predecessors
Plant No. 387
Website links
Official Russian Helicopters plant pageRussian Helicopters structure pageTatarstan industry ministry 80th anniversary historyWar & Sanctions legal profile

Kazan Helicopters is a Russian defense-industrial plant inside Russian Helicopters and Rostec, and it appears in sanctions databases. Official Russian sources are useful for structure, production lines, and declared milestones; sanctions and legal-profile sources help identify corporate relationships and address data. Conflict-use claims are intentionally left to weapon entries.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Russian Helicopters Kazan Helicopter PlantPublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Supports Kazan Helicopter Plant's official Russian Helicopters page, product focus on Mi-8/17, Ansat, and Mi-38 helicopters, 1940 history, production scale, contact page image, and Creative Commons reuse notice. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Russian Helicopters structurePublisher: Russian Helicopters | Note: Supports Kazan Helicopters as a helicopter plant inside Russian Helicopters and identifies its production line as Mi-8/17, Ansat, and Mi-38 helicopters. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Tatarstan Kazan Helicopter Plant 80th anniversaryPublisher: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan | Note: Supports the plant's 1940 origin, 1951 start of helicopter production, 1966 renaming, Mi-14 production from 1973 to 1986, Ansat development, 2007 Russian Helicopters membership, Mi-38 production milestones, and broad production/service activities. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Ansat Mi-8MTV-5-1 Mi-38T presentationPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rostec/Russian Helicopters presentation of Kazan Helicopter Plant products including Ansat, Mi-8MTV-5-1, and Mi-38T, and states that first Mi-38T transfers and serial Mi-38 deliveries were planned in 2019. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec first serial Mi-38 deliveryPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the 2020 handover of the first serial Mi-38 produced at Kazan Helicopter Plant and provides Mi-38 mission and payload context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions Kazan Helicopter PlantPublisher: Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports the legal name, KVZ abbreviation, Kazan address, Russian Federation country, Rostec/Russian Helicopters corporate relationship, and sanctions/sourceNotes context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons Mi-17 Helicopter.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse terms for a Mi-17 helicopter image credited to BalkanPhotos and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Mi-14, Amphibious anti-submarine helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarMi-14Amphibious anti-submarine helicopterBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe Mi-14 is a Soviet Mil/Kazan amphibious maritime helicopter derived from the Mi-8 but rebuilt around a boat-like hull, retractable landing gear, naval sensors, and anti-submarine, minesweeping, or search-and-rescue configurations. Its modern conflict record is narrow but direct: Ukrainian Naval Aviation lost a Mi-14PS during a May 2022 search-and-rescue mission in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, and Syrian government forces used Mi-14s for improvised mine and bombing roles in the Syrian Civil War.
Mi-8/Mi-17, Medium twin-turbine utility transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +6 moreMi-8/Mi-17Medium twin-turbine utility transport helicopterBuilt in: RussiaThe Mi-8/Mi-17 is a Soviet-designed medium utility helicopter family used for troop lift, cargo transport, evacuation, search-and-rescue, electronic-warfare, armed support, and helicopter-borne boarding roles. Its large production run, 4,000 kg payload class, current Mi-8AMT/Mi-8MTV-1/Mi-171/Mi-172 production branches, and wide export base make it a recurring rotary-wing platform across conflicts from Afghanistan and Syria to Ukraine and the Red Sea crisis.