Editing Arsenal Factory (section)

===Pre-1918===
The factory was established in 1764 as a repair and production facility of the [[Imperial Russian Army]] and the factory was initially based in a [[Kyiv Fortress]] compound in the [[Pecherskyi District|Pechersk]] (Печерськ) district of the city. Workers at the factory included sniper [[Lyudmila Pavlichenko]], who worked as a [[Grinding machine|grinder]] at the factory prior to 1941.<ref>Д. Ф. Устинов Во имя Победы. — М.: Воениздат, 1988. — С. 142—144.</ref>