Kamaz is certainly up there with Tatra. When I was still following the Paris-Dakar rally (back when it was still taking place in Africa) I seem to remember that Kamaz trucks absolutely dominated the truck competition.
in West Siberia Kamaz trucks relegated to only in-village or where at least some kind of road is supposed to be. Anywhere else, where still possible for wheeled vehicles, the workhorse of USSR/Russian military is used - KrAZ (AWD, higher mount).
Yeah, forgot about those (was also on mobile and couldn't search easily). We also have one of them in my city, Bucharest, is employed by the local transport authority to help pull trolley-buses or even tramways whenever they break. Here's an image of it sometime in winter: http://tramclub.org/files/iarna_in_bucuresti_6_februarie_009... . It's a pretty intimidating machine, to be honest, but cool as hell!
