Biography of Izhevsk

Samara - km. Izhevsk is characterized by cold snow in winter and short, but rather warm summer. However, periodically the population suffers from a fierce cold in winter, and to be honest, often in the summer and from the scorching heat in the summer months. It is worth noting that the inhabitants of the city are still more adapted to cold conditions, because even in degree frosts and a strong wind, it is no wonder to see the fishermen on the pond, which from afar resemble groups of penguins.

The summer heat has a relaxing and disorienting effect on people: in the heat, the number of accidents increases, the working population is hidden in offices under air conditioners, and non -working ones, is saved in the country. The absolute minimum was registered with us on December 31. Although, according to the evidence of the same eyewitnesses, everyone cheerfully went out into the street to celebrate the New Year and even went to visit each other, taking children and gifts on the sled.

This summer turned out to be very productive for companies selling air conditioners - probably for the first time in the history of sales, people stood in line for the purchase of air conditioners, which were not even in the warehouses of manufacturers. And if you move away from dry statistics and sketch the climate from the point of view of the layman, you get a completely medium, moderate-chip climate, when the rainy cold summer is not at all uncommon, but what mushrooms!

Then again a changeable summer, when a hot day is replaced by a dreary-random week, which sharply passes into a month scorching with heat. Unexpected weather changes temper and train the population to be prepared for a quick change of sandals to umbrellas and boots. The history of Izhevsk begins the history of the city with a pond created in the year to ensure the traction force for the water engines of the Izhevsk Iron Plant Today Izhstal OJSC, built in the same year.

The village, formed here, was called the plant. In the year, the city was captured by Emelian Pugachev and his "horde of thugs and barrel people." Then they executed the entire command of the plant, and the enterprise itself was plundered and partially burned, after which the plant was idle for more than 30 years, before A. Deryabin created the weapon production in its year, which made Izhevsk one of the world's largest weapons centers.

The Soviet government in Izhevsk was proclaimed on October 27, but the townspeople lived well under the monarchy, and after the revolution the dissatisfaction of the workers of the Izhevsk and Votkinsky factories for the ban on free trade and a decrease in salaries, as well as an attempt to mobilize workers in the Red Army. The peasants were not satisfied with the food policy of the Soviet regime, so that on August 8, a mass anti -Bolshevik uprising began and only in November was the city took the city with storming.

Despite the fact that the village of Izhevsk Plant appeared on the map almost years ago, and in terms of population at the beginning of the last century, the nearest cities, such as Ufa, Novgorod, Perm, he could not acquire the status of the city for a long time. The fault of this was the contradictory appearance of the settlement: on the one hand - a powerful industrial center with magnificent factory buildings, on the other - numerous wooden barracks and the lifestyle of the townspeople close to the rural lifestyle.

The decision on the transformation of Izhevsk into the city was arbitrarily signed in the year by visiting Bolshevik workers. Three years later, in the year, the village was proclaimed the center of the Votsky Autonomous Region. And only on July 6, the city was legalized by the city status of Izhevsk. In his history, Izhevsk also went through the name of the name, when in the year he began to bear the name of the Soviet party and statesman D.

However, this innovation did not take root, and already in the year the city of Ustinov was returned to its former name - Izhevsk. So gradually the city turned into a large industrial center. The density of the population of the city is a person per square kilometer. Over the past 20 years, about 6 thousand people have decreased by about 20 thousand people, in fact by about 20 thousand - all this was due to the rather troubled period of the formation of Russian statehood, but the places of those who left were quickly taken from villages, other cities and countries, so that the statistics were not much affected, and the city’s population continues to grow steadily.

As can be seen from statistics, in the city most Russians, Udmurts and Tatars. Close neighboring ties for centuries living in a single territory of three nationalities led to an original cultural symbiosis, which manifests itself in urban toponymy, architecture and in the everyday life of citizens. Plus, the city authorities pursue an active national policy and actively introduce people of different nationalities with each other's cultures, in particular, many holidays are held, both traditionally Russian, and Udmurt, Tatar and others.

And it is very pleasant that the townspeople support this trend. At the same time, the average life expectancy of the Izhevsk citizen is relatively small - 64.2 years, according to this indicator, the city takes 43th place in Russia.Men often do not survive until retirement, their average life expectancy is 57 years, women live longer - up to about 71 years. After a year, the population of the city has declined annually, but over the past three years C as of fertility have become higher than mortality indicators, the second and third children the demographic policy of the state has often begun to appear in families.

The cultural level of the inhabitants of Izhevsk is quite contradictory. There are 4 state universities in the city and approximately 10 private, several dozen technical schools, colleges and vocational schools, as well as more schools, almost all children aged 3 to 7 years are provided with places in kindergartens, the city also does not lack museums, cinemas and other cultural institutions.

Nevertheless, the level of education and culture of some layers of the population that traditionally live in certain areas of the city remains quite low. Probably, this can be explained by the nature of the work, when most of the townspeople were workers. The factories built housing for workers, building entire areas of the same type of houses. So the quarters and areas of the "workers' outskirts" with their own flavor and features formed.

Even now, when there are not many workers at the plant, the “working” culture continues to live and be supported by people, which is expressed in general frowning and slowness, abundance of interjections and obscene words in speech, a common low cultural level. But it is worth noting that such a phenomenon as a whole is characteristic of industrial Ural cities. Whether life, climate or something else affect people, making them more closed and incredulous.

At the same time, now a lot is being done in Izhevsk to increase the overall cultural level of residents of the city. But, the number of fans of a healthy lifestyle among the Izhevsk residents is growing steadily, it is no longer surprising to see people in the morning run or kneading in a park or on a site, and sports centers do not suffer from a lack of visitors, plus about a hundred dance schools of different directions and the opportunity to engage in more extreme directions, including parachute jumps.

In recent years, the city has been actively building bicycle paths, even whole cyclinges have appeared. This undoubtedly pleases cyclists, the number of which has increased greatly. In winter, all forest -park areas are replete with skiers, ski bases open, where you can rent skiing for a very moderate price and spend a couple of hours in the fresh air. The number of conscious citizens who love and care about their house and the city is growing.

It would seem that such trifles as saying hello to the seller of the store, say once again “thank you” and “please”, throw the garbage into the trash - they do not have much importance, but when everyone observes such simple rules, life becomes a little more pleasant and joyful. Leisure and attractions in Izhevsk gradually the city is overgrown with sights and interesting places. Old buildings are restored, new places for leisure and cultural rest are built.

Non -standard monuments appear, which is very pleasing, given the strong conservatism of the population and dislike of the new and unusual. There are more and more attractions in the city, mainly they are located in the center where old buildings are preserved, which gradually restore, update or completely demolish, freeing up for new buildings. The municipal library network of Izhevsk combines more than 30 libraries.

The largest in Izhevsk and the Udmurt Republic is the National Library of the Udmurt Republic, created in the year. This beautiful building in the city center attracts many students, and a huge reading room with large windows and green lamps on the tables invites to plunge into a leisurely and quiet world of reading and knowledge. The theatrical and musical life of Izhevsk blooms on the stage of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of the Udmurt Republic, the State Russian Drama Theater, the Udmurt National Theater in its repertoire performances in the Udmurt language, the State Puppet Theater, the Municipal Theater "Young Man".

The Drama Theater and the National Theater are ancient, perfectly restored buildings. A trip to the theater will undoubtedly give you pleasure even from visiting the building - traditional stucco molding, velvet chairs and beautiful crystal chandeliers. The theater's repertoirs include classical performances and innovative productions. In the National Theater, most performances are in the Udmurt language, but in each chair there are headphones for listening in Russian.

If you want to look at the colorful Udmurt outfits, listen to Udmurt speech and songs - go to the National Theater, you will not regret it. Another major cultural object of recent years is the museum and exhibition complex of small arms named after It is located in the central square, behind the Central Department Store. An unusual building with green metal pipes combined interesting expositions under its roof dedicated to the theme of small arms.The museum also has a constant exposition telling about the life and work of Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, the creator of legendary weapons.

This museum is a mandatory cultural program of almost all tourists who come to Izhevsk. A 5-minute walk from the museum and exhibition complex is the Gallery exhibition center, where various exhibitions from nesting dolls to exotic butterflies are constantly held. And if you cross Pushkinskaya, you will see the old one -story building of the arsenal, stretching out the letter C from the President’s Palace to the government building.

Previously, weapons were stored there at the very beginning of the city’s life, and now the National Museum of the UR was located there, which contains an interesting collection of household items of Udmurts. Note that most museums are located close to each other. So, if you go down to the Philharmonic, then right after it you will see the Udmurt Republican Museum of Fine Arts, where the works of local artists are exhibited.

Izhevsk is well known to his zoo and circus. Both of these projects are relatively new, they offer a great option for leisure with children. The circus building is located in the city center, next to the bus station and the market. This is a building in a modern style, with numerous iron pipes wrapping a brick building. Frankly, the architectural value of the building is very doubtful, but the functionality of the circus is impressive - the excellent arena allows you to perform a variety of circus numbers, including “circuses on the water”, a large number of places and a spacious hall allow many visitors with children to move and not interfere with each other.

With the circus there is a hotel and auxiliary rooms for visiting circus groups. Therefore, the Izhevsk circus boasts a variety of performances from the most famous circus groups of Russia and other countries. The zoo is located almost on the exit from the city, next to Kirov Park. A variety of animals settled in a spacious zoo - white bears, seals, tigers and lions, there is even a separate building for monkey - this especially pleases children of all ages.

A new and beautiful zoo with children's playgrounds, trampolines and carousels allows you to perfectly spend a day off with a child, and after a walk you can try national pastries - perennials, in a cozy cafe right on the territory of the zoo. The Holy Mikhailov Cathedral can be called to some extent the center of the religious life of the city, it is located at the highest point of Izhevsk, and, they say, we can not even see the brilliance of its domes from the eye yet.

A rebuilt temple was made according to the old drawings, according to the model of the previously standing cathedral. Separately, it is worth mentioning the monuments of the city, the number of which has increased in recent years and they delight the townspeople and guests with their originality and non -standard. The main monument of Izhevsk, as well as the symbol of our portal, is the “Kulakova skis”, in fact - the monument of friendship of peoples, which really resembles the skis of the Olympic champion Galina Kulakova.

Another symbol of the city was Izhik, which is a boy dressed in the traditional caftan of Izhevsk gunsmiths and a cylinder hat with a mountain ash, another symbol of the city. For some reason, a traditionally wedding monument is a sculpture of an elk on the Yakshur-Bodinsky tract. It is believed that the groom should throw a bouquet on the horns of the animal so that he himself does not remain “with horns”.

Soon in Izhevsk a completely unique monument to Weivfau will appear, which reflects modern culture as possible. The city is traditionally considered a large industrial center, which is known for the production of quality steel, developed engineering, the production of weapons and military equipment, small arms, hunting weapons, cars, etc. The largest enterprises of the city: Kalashnikov concern - an enterprise recently created on the basis of the Izhevsk Machine -Building Plant, engaged in the development and production of combat automatic and sniper weapons, controlled artillery shells and a wide range of civilian products: hunting rifles of sports rifles, machine tools and tools.

IZHAVTO OJSC, an enterprise that was previously part of the Izhmash enterprises, initially produced Moskvich and Izh in various modifications. Izhevsk Motorzavod “Axion-Holding”-an enterprise created for the production of motorcycles was reoriented for the production of communication and management systems for various military branches. Today, Axion-Holding is an instrument-making enterprise that produces a high-tech high-tech instrumental equipment that is used in the field of ensuring the country's national security: equipment for organizing all types of modern communication, on-board and ground-based missile systems, automated complexes and data exchange systems, systems control systems, products based on integrated mycrochemists.

Izhevsk Radio Plant OJSC is a manufacturer of on -board and ground radio engineering systems, telecommunication systems, as well as communication and automation systems on the railway, equipment for the fuel and energy complex, housing and communal services and universal equipment. OJSC Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant "Dome" is a scientific and production enterprise that are one of the largest in the Russian defense and industrial complex.