# Satra

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{{Short description|Defunct US international trading and metal processing company}}
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'''Satra''' Corporation was a US trading and metal processing company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/15/archives/obscure-satra-got-a-soviet-plum-obscure-satra-snatched-soviet-plum.html|title=Obscure Satra Got a Soviet Plum|last=Sloane|first=Leonard|date=1977-01-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It is primarily known in the United Kingdom for its '''Satra Motors''' Limited subsidiary, which was the official importer and distributor of [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) cars and motorcycles in that country from 1973 to 1979. Satra is an acronym for "Soviet American Trade Association".<ref name=russian_motorcycle_uk_history>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianmotorcycles.co.uk/russian_motorcycle_uk_history.htm|publisher=RussianMotorcycles|title=''Cossack Motorcycles''|access-date=2006-12-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070525115153/http://www.russianmotorcycles.co.uk/russian_motorcycle_uk_history.htm |archive-date = May 25, 2007}}</ref>

==Subsidiaries==
Satra Motors imported, modified, and distributed Soviet [car](/source/automobile)s, such as [Lada](/source/Lada) and  [Moskvich](/source/Moskvich), and [motorcycle](/source/motorcycle)s made by [Ural](/source/IMZ-Ural), [Dnepr](/source/Dnepr_(motorcycle)), [Voskhod](/source/Voskhod_motorcycle), [Minsk](/source/Minsk_(motorcycle)), and the [IZh](/source/Izhmash) whose Planeta and Jupiter were marketed. The motorcycles were sold in Britain and Australia under a single brand name, Cossack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://b-cozz.com/the-cossack-brand/|title=The Cossack brand|website=B-Cozz|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>

Satra Motors was based in [Carnaby](/source/Carnaby%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire), [Bridlington](/source/Bridlington), [East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire) on the [old airfield](/source/RAF_Carnaby).

==Cossack motorcycles==
thumb|right|upright=0.9|Logo of Cossack

The term '''Cossack Motorcycle''' can apply to any number of [motorcycle](/source/motorcycle)s, made in the former Soviet Union, a reference to the horseback riding [Cossacks](/source/Cossacks). Some are derived from the design of the 1938 [BMW](/source/BMW_motorcycles) R71 [sidecar](/source/sidecar) motorcycle. Examples include the Russian [Ural](/source/IMZ-Ural) or the Ukrainian [Dnipro](/source/Dnepr_(motorcycle)).

''Cossack'' was also the brand name applied to all Soviet [motorcycles](/source/motorcycles) distributed by Satra Belarus from 1973 to 1979, originally located in [Surrey](/source/Surrey), southern England,<ref>''Motorcyclist Illustrated'', October 1974, p.63 "The Cosssack Range. Voskhod 175, Jupiter 350, Ural 650". Satra Belarus Limited, Canada Road, Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7JX Accessed and added 2015-03-09</ref> later moving to [Carnaby](/source/Carnaby%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire) in eastern England and being used by the Australian importer, Capitol Motors until May 1976 when their motorcycle division closed. 

[Ural](/source/IMZ-Ural), [Dnipro](/source/Dnepr_(motorcycle)), [IZh](/source/Izhmash), [Voskhod](/source/Voskhod_motorcycle) and [Minsk](/source/Minsk_(motorcycle)) were some of the former Soviet Union manufacturers whose bikes were imported and rebadged.<ref name=russian_motorcycle_uk_history/>

== Citations ==
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== General and cited references ==
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* {{Citation |title= Business Summary: Western pays 20.6 million pounds for Lada distribution |newspaper= [The Times](/source/The_Times) |location= London|date=October 24, 1987 |publisher= {{Subscription required|via= [General OneFile](/source/General_OneFile) }} }}
* {{Citation |title= Soviet nickel embargo could be ending: Satra |first= David |last= Kramer |magazine=American Metal Market |volume= 93 |date= July 23, 1985  |page= 2 |publisher= {{Subscription required|via= [General OneFile](/source/General_OneFile) }} }}
* {{Citation |title= Détente and Dollars: Doing Business with the Soviets |first= Marshall I. |last= Goldman |publisher= [Basic Books](/source/Basic_Books) |year= 1975 |isbn= 978-0465016129 |pages= 139, 190, 304 |url= https://www.questia.com/read/59130684/detente-and-dollars-doing-business-with-the-soviets |access-date= 2017-09-11 |archive-date= 2016-03-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160309170729/https://www.questia.com/read/59130684/detente-and-dollars-doing-business-with-the-soviets |url-status= dead }}
* {{Citation |title= International Trade Unionism |first= Charles |last= Levinson |page= 163 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JeLeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA163 |publisher= [Routledge](/source/Routledge) |year= 2013 |isbn= 9781134460694 }}
* {{Citation |title= New firm to advance Soviet aerospace exports/joint ventures. (Satra Aerospace) |newspaper= Defense Daily |date= December 4, 1990 |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-9205914.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120706/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-9205914.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 29, 2014 |publisher= Access Intelligence }}
* {{Citation |magazine= [New York](/source/New_York_(magazine)) |date= October 13, 1980 |title= Selling the Lada |page= 13 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IeQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13 |issn= 0028-7369 }}
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==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060929034012/http://www.cossackownersclub.co.uk/cossack_tradenamed_bikes.pdf
* http://www.cossackmotorcycles.com/index.html

Category:Auto dealerships of the United Kingdom
Category:AvtoVAZ
Category:Companies of the Soviet Union
Category:Defunct companies based in New York City
Category:Foreign trade of the Soviet Union
Category:Motorcycles by brand
Category:Soviet Union–United Kingdom relations

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