Editing Izhevsk (section)

===Arms factory foundation===
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In 1800, Emperor [[Paul I of Russia|Paul I]] ordered an arms factory built in the Urals in view of a mounting threat from [[Napoleonic France]]. Andrew Deryabin, a mining engineer, chief of Goroblagodat, Perm, Kama and Bogoslov plants, chose the site for the new plant. He saw <!-- I bet this should he "looked at" or "considered" --> several places in the [[Perm Governorate|Perm]] and [[Vyatka Governorate|Vyatka]] governorates and concluded that the most suitable place for plant foundation was Izh Zavod. It occurred to him to turn the ironworks into the armory.

[[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] approved of Deryabin's project and construction began on the arms factory building on June&nbsp;10, 1807, considered the year of Izhevsk's second birth.

The new factory had a shortage of manpower. Staff vacancies were filled by serfs, workmen from Urals mining plants and recruits. Armorers were transferred from other arms factories and hired from [[Europe]], mainly from Denmark and Sweden.

The population of the settlement grew quickly so that by the end of 1808 there were more than 6,000 inhabitants. Because of housing requirements, people had to build their houses after work, at night. Houses were made from wood found in forests near the factory. At the same time, workers built new barracks for the soldiers and housing for factory employees, officers and officials, the hospital, schools and other social facilities.