Izhevsk
IZHEVSK, a town of Russia, in the government of Vyatka, 140 m. S.W. of Perm and 22 m. W. from the Kama, on the Izh river. Pop. (1897) 21,500. It has one of the principal steel and rifle works of the Russian crown, started in 1807. The making of sporting guns is an active industry.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
