Plant "Arsenal" (St. Petersburg): history, production, address

Founded by the order of Peter the Great on October 15, 1711, the St. Petersburg factory "Arsenal" is an integral part of the military history of the state. For more than three centuries the enterprise is famous for advanced high-tech production of the newest weapons systems for the army and navy, which possess high technical data with a high degree of reliability in operation. Continuing the tradition of the Petrovsky gunners, Arsenaltsy produce the latest, unparalleled weapons. Significant achievements of the team in the exploration of outer space.

Historical Chronicle

1711 year. According to the decree of Tsar Peter I, the construction of the Cannon Foundry - the basis of the future Arsenal plant in St. Petersburg - has begun. His tasks included the manufacture of naval and field guns, the production of ammunition and gunpowder. A little later, the "Petrine" metallurgists engaged in artistic casting, doing a lot to decorate the young Russian capital.

The following centuries the best cannons of Russia were pouring in his shops. Here the domestic artillery design center was established, where the latest technologies, ideas, and bold projects were developed and introduced.

A new era

With the fall of the tsarist regime, the importance of the enterprise not only did not fall, but also increased significantly. For example, it created the first Soviet cannons with rifled barrels. Significant changes occurred in 1937. Two design bureaus were established at the Arsenal plant in St. Petersburg: artillery under the leadership of Lev Goriletsky and mortar under the leadership of Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin, who were in the technical department of the plant (head Roman Anisimovich Turkov). In 1940, the State Union Plant No. 7 was named MV Frunze. At the enterprise, a design bureau was created, headed by Nikolai Petrovich Antonov.

In the Great Patriotic War, regardless of the blockade, factory workers created the best (in the opinion of experts) domestic anti-tank gun model BS-3. Issued here, and "Katyusha." Among the products were machine guns, mortars, protective shells.

Post-war development

In 1949, the Central Design Bureau No. 7 was established on the basis of the Arsenal plant (St. Petersburg), which was responsible for the design and construction of marine automatic anti-aircraft artillery and implements for fortified areas. The main designer of TsKB-7 was appointed Nikolai Petrovich Antonov.

In 1953, the State Union Plant No. 7 named after M. V. Frunze passed to the Ministry of Defense Industry of the USSR. Head of TsKB-7 Petr Alexandrovich Tyurin was appointed. After 10 years, the enterprise was transferred to the Ministry of General Mechanical Engineering.

In 1969, the structure of the plant identified four distinct areas:

• Missile (chief designer - PA Tyurin);
• Space (the chief designer is VF Kalabin);
• Artillery (chief designer - EI Malishevsky);
• General industrial (chief designer - SE Krivosheev).

AI Arefiev was appointed as the responsible for the development and introduction of new technology.

Since the early 70's, Arsenal has mastered the release of a completely new product for itself - spacecraft (SC) for various purposes. They were satellites tracking, by characteristics superior to all Western analogs. Since the 80's the "Cobalt" spacecraft is ready to be manufactured.

In the 90s, the Arsenal engineering plant in St. Petersburg was privatized. Despite the transition to market lines, the company remains one of the locomotives of the defense industry.

Space exploration

In 1964, the Arsenal plant was instructed to make several types of devices for landing the lunar modules on the Earth satellite, including manned vehicles. A number of projects were implemented, including the landing of several lunar rovers. Thus, the Arsenal plant in St. Petersburg, in addition to the development of artillery systems, began to produce aerospace equipment.

By 1969, part of the plant's capacity was reoriented to the needs of the space industry, production was reconstructed, unique equipment and machines were installed. For several decades spacecraft have been developing here, the characteristics and purpose of which are hidden under the stamp of secrecy. They are designed for military use, intelligence, communications, scientific research, geodesy. "Arsenal" has repeatedly participated in international projects in cooperation with foreign partners. In this sector, workers, engineers and constructors are working, who can be confidently called innovators and scientists with a capital letter.

Production

"Arsenal" is involved in the design and production of many weapons, apparatus, and industrial equipment. The pride of the plant are:

• Ship automatic artillery and missile launchers: SM-21-ZIF, AK-725, AK-726, AK-100, AK-130, ZIF-75, ZIF-101, PK-16, ZIF-121, ZIF-122.
• Rocket solid fuel engines, ballistic missiles, combat missile systems: RT-15, RT-2P, R-31.
• Space technology, space vehicles and space systems: spacecraft with USE-BU "BUK", SC US-PU, CA US-PU with AT "Cone-A", spacecraft AM-AM with HEU "Buk-3", spacecraft " Plasma-A "with nuclear power plant" Topaz ".

Today, the enterprise looks to the future with confidence. A number of important projects are hidden behind the stamp of secrecy, but public information is enough to appreciate the merits of a highly professional team. The address of the Arsenal plant in St. Petersburg: 195009, St. Petersburg, ul. The Komsomol, room 1-3.