The Development of Industry in Rybinsk

1504 the first mention of Rybnaya Sloboda appeared in an official ecclesiastical document of Ivan III.

1736 merchant P.M.Nechaev founded a linen factory, the first large-scale enterprise in the history of Rybinsk region.

1740 P.M.Nechaev founded another enterprise, a glass factory.

1777 Catherine II issued an edict to change Rybnaya Sloboda's name to Rybinsk.

1811 a commodity exchange, designed by Yaroslavl architect G.V. Petrov, was built.

1834 Rybinsk was exempted from housing soldiers because of its importance as a trading center.

1841 a temporary office was opened by the State Bank of Commerce, the first bank in Rybinsk.

1842 Rybinsk Navigation Authority was established to see that rules of navigation were observed.

1846 Rybinsk was given the same trade rights as other principal towns of the province.

1846 steam navigation began with the construction of the first steamship in Rybinsk by the "Po Volge" Navigation Company.

1859 the biggest ropeyard in Europe was opened by N.M. Zhuravlev.

1860 I.A. Levikov started the first printing house in the city.

1862 the cast iron factory was begun by merchant K.V. Golovkin.

1863 N.M. Zhuravlev began a cast iron factory, a machine and a shipbuilding factory.

1864 E.E. Eltekova built a distillery, which later became a tannery.

1870 the first railway station, designed by architect K.K. Rahau, was constructed.

1870 the Rybinsk-Bologoe Railroad was opened.

1870 railway workshops were built which later became a Road Machinery Plant (now "Raskat" Company).

1878 I.I. Durdin's brewery began production.

1880 merchant V.A. Aksenov built a tile-pottery factory; in 1900 a Russian stove made from these tiles received a prize at the World Exhibition in Paris.

1884 merchant A.I. Galunov's flour mill, the largest in Yaroslavl Province, was founded (now "Rybinsk Flour Mill" Company).

1884 M.S. Kuznetsov, owner of china factories in Moscow and St-Petersburg, bought a former brick factory and began china production in Pesochnoe settlement (now "Pervomaisk China Factory" Company).

1893 Nobel Brothers Company oil storehouses were built in the Kopaevo settlement. (now "Rybinsk Staging Oil Center" Company).

1898 the Rybinsk-Yaroslavl Railroad began operations.

1899 merchant E.S. Kalashnikov built a flour mill which exported flour to England, Finland and Argentina.

1901 the first public water system began in Rybinsk.

1901 the first telephone exchange in Rybinsk was built.

1905 the new railway station, designed by engineer S.I. Minash, was built.

1907 Nobel Brothers Company built shipbuilding workshops "SLIP" (now "Rybinsk Shipbuilding Plant" Company).

1910 merchant M.P. Tsvetov founded a sawmill and a mill in place of the former timber mill (now "Svoboda" Company).

1912 a new wheat exchange building, designed by architect A.V. Ivanov, was completed.

1912 a mill to produce rice paper was founded (now "Technical Paper" Company).

1915 "Ressora" Company machine factory and the "Pheniks" Company carriage and machine factory moved from Riga to Rybinsk.

1916 G.M. Grilihes tannery moved from Divinsk into the former E.E. Eltekova distillery buildings.

1916 "Russian Reno" motorcar factory was founded on state credit issued by edict of the tsar (now "Saturn" Company).

1917 the match factory (now "Mayak" Company) was moved from Pskov to Rybinsk and started production.

1918 "Russian Reno" motorcar factory, State Motorcar Factory №3, produced its first cars.

1918 "Pheniks" factory was renamed "Metallist" factory and began producing showers, harrows and other agricultural machinery (now "Poligraphmache" Company).

1923 Volodarsky Dockyards took over "Slip" shipbuilding workshops.

1924 the State Motorcar Factory №3 became the State Aircraft Plant №6 and was place under the aircraft industry enterprises system.

1925 in 2 years the Volodarsky Dockyards produced 19 ships, including 5 steamships.

1927 "Metallist" factory produced the first home matchmaking machines.

1928 the State Aircraft Factory №6 produced its first aircraft motors.

1929 the Rybinsk Consumers Society opened the "May First" Candy Factory, producing mainly caramels.

1930 on the site of the "Spring" factory a new Motor Launch Factory was founded (now "Vympel" Company).

1930 Rybinsk Oil Center became Oil Staging Center for the Upper Volga Region.

1931 the Road Machinery Plant produced the first home road roller.

1931 the Printing Machin Factory made the first home printing machine "Pioneer".

1931 Rybinsk Motor Launch Factory began production of motor launches, which formerly had to be imported into Russia.

1931 the building of the first 4000-horsepower tugboat, the most powerful lake and river tugboat in Europe, was begun at Volodarky Dockyards.

1933 the optical workshops were named the Optical Factory.

1934 "Mayak" Match Factory installed advanced machinery, which increased production from 275 boxes to 17100 boxes a month.

1934 the Road Machine Plant produced the first snowslow.

1935 the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee issued a decree to build hydro-electric generating stations in the Uglich and Rybinsk areas.

1935 construction began on the Rybinsk Hydro-Electric Station.

1936 construction began on the Volgostroy Mecanical Plant №1, later named Volzhsky Machine Building Plant (VMZ).

1937 Mechanical Plant №1 began building the first home cable cranes.

1937 "Mayak" factory received an Honorable Order for producing a batch of special windproof matches for the soviet polar expedition.

1938 the largest terminal elevator in Europe was built to replace the old grain storadges.

1941 locks were completed, the filling of the Rybinsk Sea began, and the Rybinsk Hydro-Electric Station produced its first power.

1941 "Mayak" factory added to its standard matches production special matches for antitank munitions.

1941 the Rybinsk Brewery produced food packs for the armed forces containing crackers, albuminous yeast, a vitamin drink made from fir tree needles and dried potatoes.

1941 the tannery shops began using new method to produce finished skins.

1943 a new Electro-technical Plant was founded (now "Magma" Company).

1944 a small company was opened near Selihovo village to build wood rowboats and motorboats for local fishing collective farms (now "Sudoverph" Company).

1945 Flour Mill №2 elevator and docks began using a pneumatic grain unloading system.

1948 a fish factory (now "Privolzhsky" Company) was built in the Perebory settlement.

1949 the branch of Moscow Cable Plant produced its first batch of auto cable bundles in the Perebory settlement.

1950 a hydro mechanization factory was began on the site of the Moscow trust of hydro mechanization.

1951 the staff was approved for a new instrument making plant (now Rybinsk Instrument Making Plant) to be set up in the building of Rybinsk College №13 temporarily.

1953 initial production at the Instrument Making Plant included a combination tester, electrical measuring instruments, and instruments for laboratory and field research.

1953 the Motor Building Plant begun mass production of "Belorus" tractor engines.

1955 the Rybinsk Instrument Making Design Office was formed by the Ministry of Aircraft Industry to develop radio-electronic equipment to by used on aircraft and on load (now Design Office "Lutch").

1955 the Rybinsk Bakery was founded (now "Rybinskhleb" Company).

1955 the Motor Building Plant started production of turbojet VD-7B engines for the 3М airplane, which set 10 world records for altitude with loads from 10 up to 55 tons.

1958 Rybinsk Melkombinat was incorporated including a mill, cereal factory, elevator and fodder shop.

1960 a plastic plant was set up a former creamery.

1961 the Motor Building Plant produced a new jet engine AL-7F-1, designed by A.M. Lulko, to be used on supersonic fighters SU-7B, SU-9 and SU-17.

1962 the Rybinsk Hydro-Electric Station staff won the title Communist Labor Community, the first in the city, region and Mosenergo System.

1963 the Electro-technical Plant began producing transformers and cable communication systems for many branches of the economy.

1968 at the Motor Building Plant a seminar on scientific labor organization won Plant Director P.F. Derunov the State Award of the Soviet Union and the degree of candidate of economic sciences.

1969 the experimental design office "Start" was founded.

1969 the Instrument Making Plant began producing flights simulators for the Astronaut Training Center.

1970 the Plastic Plant output reached 3500 tons.

1971 a new dairy factory was granted by the state committee assembly specialized center and trust № 10 (now "Ramoz" Company).

1971 the one millionth diesel motor was produced at the Motor Building Plant.

1971 a Meat Processing Factory was begun in Rybinsk.

1970 Flour Mill №2 began producing 3 kinds of 78% ground wheat at 470 tons a day.

1972 the Optical Factory began using the machine tool "Almaz-70", which increased production to two and a half million glasses a year.

1972 the Motor Building Plant began production of the turbojet D-30 KP for the IL-76 transport plane as well as the first "Buran" home snowmobiles.

1972 Ship Building Association was set up with production of each member defined:
"Slip" - to build dry cargo carriers;
"Vympel" - to build military and fire motor launches;
"Sudoverph" - to build fishing trawlers.

1973 the Instrument Making Plant established "the quality mark".

1973 the Motor Building Plant began serial production of D-30KU turbojets for IL-62M planes.

1975 with renovation and new equipment the "May First" Candy Factory produced 34 to 35 tons of candy per day using 2-shifts of workers.

1980 "Mayak" Factory imported new equipment in order to produce matches in carton boxes instead of veneer boxes.

1980 "Sudoverph" Plant produced the first ocean-going tuna boat of project 13-31.

1980 "Vympel" Plant developed a new rocket boat of the project 1241 RE.

1981 the Motor Building Plant staff was awarded the October Revolution Award for great work achievements.

1983 the Motor Building Plant produced an experimental batch of "Icar" snowmobiles called Snow Motor Scooters.

1983 "Vympel" Plant began exporting the rocket boats.

1989 Fodder Factory №2 started operations in Kopaevo district.

1990 the Road Machinery Plant produced 15 items road rollers and series of 4 rollers modified with padded changeable equipment.

1991 "Rybinskkabel" Plant received certificates from the Hungarian Electro-technical Commodity checking Committee for 3 items.

1992 "Vympel" Plant made plans to build a new generation of ships: the rocket boat "Molniya", patrol boats "Mirazh" and "Mustang".

1992 the city Dairy Factory was bought by its workers and named "Ramoz".

1992 the joint stock company "Rybinsk Motors" was organized as State Aircraft Plant №6.

1993 in Rybinsk the first bus VMZ was assembled.

1993 "Rybinskable" Plant earned certification from "Lloyd" of Great Britain, gaining recognition from the majority of European countries.

1994 the joint stock company "Rybinskkabel" built and operated the 3-star Hotel "Volga".

1996 "Raskat" Company was awarded the Leader of Russian Economics Certificate.

1997 the Shipbuilding Plant launched the "Patriarch Alexy II", named for the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Saint Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, Alexy II.

1997 the Rybinsk Fodder Plant began working 3 shifts and was recognized as Leader of Russian Economics.

1998 "Rybinskable" Plant received the Kema and IQ Net Companies certificates of conformity to ISO 9002 international standard management system.

1998 "Ramoz" Company was recognized by Partnership for Progress, Association "Europe" and Agency of Business Information as one of the leading enterprises of Russia based on volume, dynamics and professionalism, and was awarded the title Leader of Russian Industry.

1999 the VMZ Plant declared bankruptcy and was bought by "Rybinsk Motors" Company.

1999 the Assistant Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, B.M. Olimzhanov, signed an agreement on cooperative production of specialized ships with the "Hydro Mechanization Plant" Company.

2000 "Raskat" Plant Director V.I. Okunev received the Peter the Great Award and title "Best Manager of Russia".

2000 the Rybinsk Shipbuilding Plant contracted with a large western European customer to manufacture a batch of ships.