Izhevsk
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Izhevsk is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city in Russia, and the most populous in Udmur
Aerial view of Izhevsk
Karlutka River
Bazarnaya Street and Saint Michael's Cathedral in 1918
Izhevsk in 2016
Kalashnikov Concern
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JSC Kalashnikov Concern, known until 2013 as the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, is a Russian defense manufacturing concern and joint-stock company headquartered in the city of Izhevsk in the Republic
Izhevsk
…Military industry remained the core of the local economy after the war, so Izhvesk was designated a closed city, inaccessible to foreigners. The city's Izhmash factory began manufacturing the AK-47 automatic rifle in 1948, and continues to produce modern variants of the design to this day. The rifle's designer…
Kalashnikov Concern office building in Izhevsk
Andrey Deryabin, chief mining engineer of the Izhevsk iron works as well as head of the Izhevsk armory
Izhevsk Gun and Steel Factories around 1916
Stamp on a Mosin-Nagant rifle of the 1924 issue with a hexagonal receiver, Izhevsk Gun and Steel Factories