Editing Arsenal Factory (section)

===Post-war===
After the war, the Arsenal factory was reestablished anew at its Kyiv location and partly converted into a [[Civilian|civil]] company named ''Zavod Arsenal'' (while the other, smaller, part remained an unremarkable [[military]] repairing facility under a different name). Since that time, the name ''Arsenal'' is mostly associated with the larger company rather than with the military one (occupying the oldest building of old arsenal). During the [[Cold War]] [[arms race]], Arsenal developed dramatically, becoming an important manufacturer of the military-related products and employing tens of thousands of people. The factory mainly specialized in optical components for the Soviet military and [[Soviet space program|space programs]]. The factory also produced the professional grade photographic [[cameras]] [[Kiev-Arsenal (photo camera)|"Kiev"]] but civil production played only a minor role in factory output. Tens of thousands of people where employed at the "Arsenal".