Editing Izhevsk (section)

===Ironworks construction===
On September&nbsp;15, 1757, Count [[Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov|Pyotr Shuvalov]], owner of seven factories in the [[Urals]], bought land in the [[Upper Kama Upland|Kama Region]] and got permission from [[Elizabeth of Russia|Empress Elizabeth]] to build three [[ironworks]] there. In those days, ironworks were powered with [[steam]], and wood was the only fuel. For that reason it was decided to build one of the plants on the forest-rich land near the [[Izh River]] and make iron bands and [[cast iron]] anchors. Another ironworks was built on the Votka River.

In April&nbsp;10, 1760, [[serfdom in Russia|serfs]] from neighboring villages and artisans from other Shuvalov's plants began dam construction under the direction of Alexey Moskvin, a mining engineer and a trustee of Shuvalov. This date is considered to be the date of Izhevsk's foundation.<ref name="Hist">Official website of Izhevsk. [http://www.izh.ru/en/info/14195.html History of the city] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082642/http://www.izh.ru/en/info/14195.html |date=August 19, 2014 }}.</ref> Construction proceeded at a slow pace. The [[serf]]s were unhappy with being taken from their villages, with arduous duties and regular physical punishment, leading to tumultuous rebellions.

In 1762 Shuvalov died. His son Andrey inherited the factories. In accordance with the [[ukase]] of [[Catherine the Great]] dated November&nbsp;15, 1763, all Shuvalov's ironworks, including the one at Izhevsky Zavod, lapsed to the Crown for debts. Since that time, it has been under the authority of the [[Collegium of Mining]], an institution in charge of the Russian mining industry. The ironworks on the Izh and Votka Rivers were called Kama Plants.

In 1763 construction of the dam and ironworks was completed and the first [[bloomery iron]]{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} was smelted. As a result of the dam construction, the [[Izhevsk Reservoir]], one of the biggest in Europe was formed. Near the ironworks, the settlement was built. This settlement was named Izhevsky Zavod, meaning "the factory on the Izh" in Russian.

Initially the ironworks made palm-wide iron bands from {{convert|3-6|m}} long. These bands were supplied to [[Moscow]] for the rebuilding of the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]]. The iron from Izhevsky Zavod was also used for construction in [[Saint Petersburg]].