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==Petrodvorets Watch Factory== Russia's oldest factory was founded by Peter the Great in 1721 first as a [[lapidary]] plant to help in the construction of the Peterhof Palaces but also other Palaces in St. Petersburg. It started to produce equipment and parts for the watch industry in the 1920s. After [[World War II]], the factory started to produce complete watches under the brand name ''Pobeda'' and from 1961 under the brand '''''[[Raketa]]'''''. in 1985 the factory had 7500 employees and was producing 5 million mechanical watches per year. Today, it is the last watch factory in Russia producing its own movements from A to Z, though the production is much smaller than it used to be.<ref name="Video about PCHZ">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Goy2mbijPY Documentary about the History of the Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa"], Russian with Eng subtitles.</ref><ref name="Official site of the Russian watch factory raketa">[http://www.raketa.com facts and articles about the History of the Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa"], in Russian and English.</ref>
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