Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2009 2 (3)

Authors

Kulikovskih, Svetlana N.

Contact information

Svetlana N. Kulikovskih South-Ural State University, 76 Lenin’s, Chelyabinsk, 454080 Russia zlat–

Keywords

blades manufacture; craftsmen and experts; blade and ornamented side arms; art; school

Abstract

At the beginning of XIX century with the purpose of increasing amount of made Russian fire-arms and enhancing its quality already working armories in Tula, Sestroretsk and Izhevsk were exempted from manufacture of side arms. At Zlatoust iron factory on the Urals the construction of special factory «affair of the white weapon» began. Its arrangement at Zlatoust factory was promoted by a number of objective reasons. One of which the activity in Zlatoust private factory on manufacturing of «German» products or «a German fabrication». After some time the Armory, strategically important enterprise of Russia, has received the status of the state enterprise. The foreign experts invited from the known weapon centers of the Western Europe, in treaty provisions took «in training» local workers. It promoted not only the development of new manufacture, but has brought to Ural bases of the European culture and art that has influenced formation of bases Zlatoust school of art metal treatment. In the first half of XIX century from small private «a German fabrication» at Zlatoust state factory the powerful weapon manufacture which has brought the world popularity to the Ural Armory and glory to its masters has grown.

Pages

443-451

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/1016

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