| | From swords to ... parking meters |
 | | Helicopter inventor Igor Sikorsky contributed to LSZs early glory during the World War I era as chief constructor of four-engine Russian planes the Grand, Vityaz and Iliya Muromets. |
 | | Fords agreement with the Russian government to build a $150 million factory near St. Petersburg starting in mid-1999, less than a year after the financial crisis began, signaled that the U.S. company was willing to look beyond Russias immediate economic woes and toward a brighter future. |
 | | In the three years since the deal was struck, Ford has completed its plant, which previously was used by defunct engine maker Russky Diesel. |
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