The Russian standard design practice also usually mandated fully shuttered engines in order to cope with the extreme temperatures.
GAZ-124 at Kazan also built ten aircraft before the start of World War II, and 353 Li-2Ts were built by GAZ-126 at Komsomolsk-na-Amure between 1946 and 1950 before this plant switched to MiG-15 production in 1950 [REF].