I am speaking from memory but I believe that post-war the contents of the seized Opel AG Brandenburg Truck Plant were used in the 1948 Ural-ZIS, whereas of course the Opel Kadett 1939 Model line was sent by train with US forces' approval in 1946 to Moskva and became the post-war Model 400 etc. Wikipedia says:
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Founded in 1930 as KIM, or Communist Youth International, the plant became MZMA (Moscow Small Car Factory) in 1939........ Beginning in 1939, the factory's passenger cars were sold under the Moskwich ("Muscovite") brand. The plant was originally under the authority of GAZ - Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Gorky Automobile Factory) founded at about the same time, but by 1939 it was operationally independent.
AZLK's role under the Soviet system was the production of small cars, which could be classified as anywhere from compact to mid-size. AvtoVAZ and IZh were also charged with producing vehicles in the same category as AZLK, while GAZ handled the large car/full-size segment.
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I believe that ZIS-5 production was moved to Miass, Chelyabinsk region, and post-war the factory used items from Brandenburg although it seems no Opel Blitz copies were made. It is interestting to see that the GAZ-AA etc. carried on into the Fifties, and were the mainstay with the ZIS-5 trucks from, what three factories?