🖼 Izhora Plants History Museum

Колпино, Советский бульвар, 29

A factory museum since 1967: models of ship guns, bells, archive photos — told by people from the plant.

The museum was Kolpino's first museum: it opened in 1967 at the Izhora Plant.
The plant grew out of a sawmill laid down in 1722 by decree of Peter the Great to saw ship timber.
In 1818 the Izhora Plant built Russia's first paddle-wheel warship with a steam engine — the Skory.
From the mid-19th century the Izhora Works became the main supplier of armour for the Russian fleet and coastal fortresses.
In October 1917 the plant sent 17 armoured cars to the Military Revolutionary Committee.
The museum has a military hall devoted to the Izhora Battalion, formed from the plant's workers in 1941.

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