The capital of Udmurtia today is a beautiful modern city, which is one of the twenty Russian record holders in terms of population. The first inhabitants appeared in these places in the III-V centuries AD, as evidenced by the remains of fortified settlements found in the vicinity.
It all started from the depths
Izhevsk lands at one time were under the rule of Kazan, then after the victory of the Russian troops became part of the Russian state. The active development of territories in the vicinity of the modern territory of Izhevsk began in 1734. It is connected with the discovered huge reserves of iron in the bowels of the Grace Mountain, iron ore made it possible to build one plant after another.
In 1774, Emelyan Pugachev with his army plundered an iron-making plant, burned it down, because a difficult period began in the history of Izhevsk. Everything changed with the adoption of the decision to establish an arms factory in 1807. Human resources were needed again, specialists from abroad and craftsmen from all over Russia arrived here.
The construction of the Izhevsk Arms Plant was not limited to, the management decides to expand production, steel production appears (1873); rolling production (1881); manufacture of hunting weapons (1885). Unfortunately, the organization of mass production of the Mosin rifle in 1897 significantly weakened the position of the Izhevsk Arms Plant, and its role in maintaining the country's defense capability decreased. The onset of the twentieth century not only made adjustments to the course of history, it radically changed it.
New century - new trends
Closer to the autumn of 1917, the Bolsheviks took control of the city, Soviet power was established here on October 27. In the summer of 1918, the city was engulfed in an anti-Bolshevik uprising, and only in November the Red Army took Izhevsk by storm.
The status of this settlement changed, in 1921 it became the capital of the Votsk Autonomous Region, in 1934 - the main city of Udmurtia. Obtaining a new status contributed to the rapid development of industrial enterprises, the expansion of urban areas, and an increase in the population. During the war years (1941-1945), there were many evacuated enterprises in Izhevsk. From 1984 to 1987, the city was renamed Ustinov, after the name of a famous Soviet politician, but residents insisted on returning the historical name.
