zhevsk is the capital of the Republic of Udmurtia . It is situated on the banks of the river Izh, 40 kms away from its flowing into the river Kama. Distance to Moscow is 1129 kms. It is a railway and highway junction. There is an airport. The population is 650, 7 thousand inhabitants.
From a small ironworks up to largest industrial enterprises for tens of thousands of workers - this is the way of industrial Izhevsk. Izhevsk is a cradle of new aspirations and a working city keeping glorious traditions.
It was gunmakers that earned glory for Izhevsk.
Manufacture of weapon in Izhevsk started with foundation of the armour works in June 10, 1807. The initiator of construction was Andrey Fedorovich Deryabin. In 100 years after that citizens erected a monument to him on the quay opposite the works. The Izhevsk enterprise was the third armour works established in Russia.
Today's Izhevsk is the large industrial, cultural and scientific centre of the Russian Federation. Dozens of industrial enterprises work in the city. "Izhmash" joint-stock company produces machine tools, automobiles, motorcycles, home appliances. "Izhstal" joint-stock company - high-quality steel and profiles. "Izhevsk mechanical plant" - hunting and sporting weapon, motorcycle engines, complex electronic engineering. "Neftemash" joint-stock company manufactures petroleum equipment. "Kupol" Izhevsk electromechanical plant makes antiaircraft missile complexes. "Aksion" joint-stock company - complex electronic equipment, space communication facility, household audio engineering. "Izhevsk radio plant" is responsible for radio receivers and communication facility. Three Izhevsk enterprises - "Izhmash" joint-stock company, "Izhstal" joint-stock company and "Izhevsk mechanical plant" public enterprise are included into Russia's two hundred largest enterprises. More than half of production of Udmurtiya is made in Izhevsk.
The image of any city above all consists of impressions of its architectural-artistic appearance. It has to have something which makes it unique and peculiar. For Izhevsk these are its large pond with an ancient plant building on the bank, a wonderful esplanade with the splendid Monument of People’s Friendship and, certainly, rapidly growing residential areas.
There are not so many monuments in Izhevsk as in other ancient Russian cities and towns, but all of them are remarkable for both their specific peculiarity and noble composition. All the best historic monuments of Izhevsk were built in the classical style: the plant principal building, the Arsenal, the Alexander Nevski Cathedral.
Izhevsk (p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; Иж, Ижкар, Iž, Ižkar) is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population:
From 1984 to 1987 Izhevsk carried the name Ustinov (Усти́нов, in honor of Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The city is an important industrial center, and is the economic, industrial and administrative hub of the republic. Izhevsk is especially noted for its military industry, with Russia's biggest munitions enterprise, Izhmash, manufacturer of the AK-47, based in the city.
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