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When this tractor was released, people were a little discouraged, both by its design and size. It was some kind of huge miracle. At that time, the collective farm had never seen such a beauty. If Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev had not gone on a visit to the "war-sick" American President Dwight Eisenhower in the fall of 1959, most likely, we would not have had any super machine. The leadership of the superpower took advantage of the opportunity and showed off the achievements of the agricultural industry - they gave Khrushchev a tour of the Des Moines Works plant of the world-famous John Deere company. Its products were definitely worth following as an example.