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August 31, 1754, (September, 11 N. S.)
By Decree of Berg-Collegium the merchants of Tula of Masolov family were allowed to build Zlatoust Ironworks on the river of Ai (in the mouth of river Tesma) in Kuvakanskaya region Isenskaya province.
August 14, 1761
A first blast furnace of Zlatoust Ironworks began to operate.
May 31, 1774
Zlatoust Ironworks occupied by Pugachev. The rebels burned a church, factory premises and most of the houses.
December 16, 1815
Official opening of Arms Factory in Zlatoust, which soon became the largest manufacturer of cold steel for Russian army and navy. Up to 1833 Ivan Bushev, one of the founders of school of Zlatoust decorated arms, worked at the respective workshop.
1817—1847
P.P. Anosov, the person who uncovered the secrets of damask steel, worked and lived in Zlatoust. He was a chief of mines of Zlatoust factories.
1860
Mr. Obukhov, an engineer of Zlatoust, molded first Russian steel cannon, during tests it shot 4017 times. The cannon was exhibited at the First World Exhibition in London (1862), where it won a golden medal.
May 31, 1865
Zlatoust was given official status of a city and became the center of Zlatoust district of Ufa province, the second largest after Ufa city.
May 27, 1918
White Czech troops tried to conquer Zlatoust; the fist battle of civil war in the South Urals.
May, 1922
South-Urals Mining Trust which united ferrous metallurgy enterprises of the South Urals.
1941—1945
Great Patriotic War. Zlatoust works operate as a defense enterprise: steels and alloys, cold steel, ammunition, machineguns and air force guns, bridles for reactive mortars (named «Katyusha»). More than 26 thousand residents of Zlatoust (every 4th local) fought at various fronts, about 9 thousand died.
August 26, 1980,
For the success in development of high-quality metallurgy, services in the field of revolution and profound contribution to victory in Great Patriotic War Zlatoust was awarded with Order of October Revolution.
1999
Set up of art shop “ART-GRANI”
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