The Uralmash gang (Russian: Уралмашевская группировка) was a Russian mafia crime syndicate based in the city of Yekaterinburg. Founded in the late 1980s by a group of former sportsmen led by the Tsyganov brothers, the group consolidated control over several businesses in the city during the transition to a free market economy, including the famous Uralmash factory (from which the group got its name). The profits earned from racketeering went on to be reinvested in a number of legitimate businesses, expanding the group's reach.