Butyrka prison in 1964. This created an enormous backorder situation. In 1968, in order to address this backlog, a second plant, the Azco factory, was opened in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada. In 1975, Zildjian began making K. Zildjian cymbals at the Azco plant. These were made until 1979. Within four years (1980), all K Cymbals were being made in the Norwell US plant, because the Ks demanded far more oversight. Armand worked with friends, the drummers Elvin Jones and Tony Williams to relaunch the K Series. In early 1977, Armand Zildjian was appointed President of the Avedis Zildjian Company by his father	Avedis Zildjian Company
2393056	. Soon after, Robert Zildjian split from the company amidst conflict with his brother, Armand. In 1981, Robert started making Sabian cymbals in the Canadian Azco factory. Recent history. In 2002, Armand died at age 81. The Zildjian alloy recipe passed to his daughters, Craigie and Debbie (14th generation), both of whom continue to run the family business from the current headquarters in Norwell, Massachusetts. In 2010, Zildjian acquired the Vic Firth Company and in 2018 acquired the Mike Balter Mallet company expanding the company's product offerings to include a full range of drumsticks and percussion mallets. In January of 	Avedis Zildjian Company
2393057	2021, Zildjian fired Paul Francis. Francis was the former face of the company and leading innovator who was responsible for creating many of Zildjian's most popular products. Notably, he developed the Zildjian K Custom Hybrid series with Akira Jimbo in 2003. Notable players. At one point, more drummers and bands used Zildjian than all other big name brands combined. Musicians using or having used the brand: Avedis Zildjian Company The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (), is an Armenian-American-based musical instrument manufacturer and the largest cymbal and drumstick maker in the world. In 1623, the company 	Avedis Zildjian Company
2393058	Butyrka prison Butyrka prison Butyrskaya prison (), usually known simply as Butyrka (), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. During the Soviet Union era (1917-1991) it held many political prisoners. Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons. Overcrowding is an ongoing problem. History. The first references to Butyrka prison may be traced back to the 17th century. The current building was erected in 1879 near the Butyrsk gate (, or Butyrskaya zastava) on the site of a prison-fortress which had been built by the architect Matvei 	Butyrka prison
2393059	Kazakov during the reign of Catherine the Great. The towers of the old fortress once housed the rebellious Streltsy during the reign of Peter I, and later on hundreds of participants of the 1863 January Uprising in Poland. Members of Narodnaya Volya were also prisoners of the Butyrka in 1883, as were the participants in the Morozov Strike of 1885. The Butyrka prison was known for its brutal regime. The prison administration resorted to violence anytime the inmates tried to protest. Its famous inmates include the influential revolutionary poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian revolutionary Nikolay Bauman, and the founder of 	Butyrka prison
2393060	the KGB Felix Dzerzhinsky. During the February Revolution, the workers of Moscow freed all the political prisoners from the Butyrka. Following the October Revolution, Butyrka remained a place of internment for political prisoners and a transfer camp for people sentenced to be sent to the Gulag. During the Great Purge, about twenty thousand inmates at a time were imprisoned in Butyrka. Thousands of political prisoners were shot after investigations. Later, prominent political prisoners included the writers Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Yevgenia Ginzburg. Living conditions. Varlam Shalamov notes in one of his tales, that the Butyrka is extremely hot in summer; Eduard 	Butyrka prison
2393061	Limonov, in his drama Death in the Police Van", emphatically agrees. He says that, with the collapse of the Soviet regime, overcrowding has become a real issue; there are more than one hundred inmates in cells meant to contain ten people. Most of these people are politically unreliable subjects from the Caucasus. Since epidemics are a problem, the wardens try to fill cells entirely with people with AIDS, or with tuberculosis; however, this does little to curb the problem, since many inmates are drug users, and there is at most one needle per cell. Moreover, inmates are brought to the  tribunal in overcrowded police vans, so that healthy inmates are exposed to tuberculosis. Butyrka has its own slang: the wardens are called "menti" (Russian: мент"ы"), the inmates "patzani" (пацан"ы"), and to take drugs is "vmazatsia" (вм"а"заться). The word "khuy" (хуй) is used profusely. On a lighter note, television has been allowed since 1995. Butyrka prison Butyrskaya prison (), usually known simply as Butyrka (), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. During the Soviet Union era (1917-1991) it held many political prisoners. Butyrka remains the largest of