RUS Menu home Forum Vacancies Dealers Contacts news Rifle Traumatic pistols Russia has long been famous for its gunsmiths. Ivan Alekseevich Kurbatov was born in 1880 in the village of Kurbatovo, Ufa province of the Russian Empire. He served in Warsaw in the 3rd Guards Infantry Division in a weapons workshop, retired from the army as a senior non-commissioned officer and returned to his native village. In 1913, together with his comrades, he organized a handicraft artel "Kurbatov & Co" for small-scale production and repair of hunting weapons. Until 1917 there were a lot of such artels in the Urals. As a rule, they used rough semi-finished products obtained from state factories for the manufacture of guns, and assembled the guns themselves by hand, mainly for fishing. In 1914, World War I began, followed by the Revolution and the Civil War. The production had to be closed. Ivan Alekseevich died in 1946. And now, 100 years later, in 2014, the great-grandson of Ivan Alekseevich Kurbatov, Mikhail Kurbatov (graduated from the Lenin Lenin Higher Naval Engineering School named after V.I. Lenin, specializing in mechanical engineer) formed the Kurbatov Arms Company . © 13 gauge, 2015

ENG Меню Home News Jobs Dealers Contacts Forum Rifle Pistol Russia has long been famous for its armourers. Ivan Alekseevich Kurbatov was born in 1880 in the village Kurbatovo of Ufa province of the Russian Empire. Military service was held in Warsaw in the 3rd Guards infantry division in the Armory, retired from the army as a senior non-commissioned officer and returned to his native village. In 1913 he organized with his friends artisanal artel "Kurbatov & Co" for small-scale production and repair of hunting guns. Before 1917 there were a lot of such artels in the Urals. Usually, for the production of rifles draft semi-finished products obtained from the state-owed plants were used, armourers collected rifles themselves manually, primarily for hunting. In 1914, the 1st World War began, followed by Revolution and Civil war. Production had to be closed. In 2014, after 100 years Ivan’s Kurbatov great-grandson, Mikhail Kurbatov formed the company "Kurbatov Arms" as a continuation of the family business. Ivan Alekseevich Kurbatov- years of life (1880-1946) © 13 калибр, 2015