Votkinsk, Udmurtiya Republic, Volga Federal district, Russia

🇷🇺 Votkinsk is an industrial town in the Udmurtia Republic, Russia.

History It was established in April 1759, initially as a centre for metallurgical enterprises, and the economic focus on metal related industry remains. Town status was officially granted to it in 1935.

The city of Votkinsk was one of the residence centres of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke Udmurtish Yiddish. It is famous as the birthplace of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Votkinsk serves as the administrative centre of Votkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Votkinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Votkinsk is incorporated as Votkinsk Urban Okrug.

Economy The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology operates a machine plant in the town, the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, which produces some of Russia's long-range ballistic missiles. Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the missile production facility at Votkinsk was selected for long-term on-site monitoring by U.S. inspectors. The corresponding site for the Soviet Union in the United States was the Hercules missile production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The town gives its name to the nearby Votkinsk Reservoir, filled in the 1960s following the construction of a dam for the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station.

Sport The bandy team Znamya-Udmurtiya has played in the highest division, and nowadays play in the second highest, Russian Bandy Supreme League.