Votkinsk

It was established in 1759,{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=94}} initially as a center for metallurgical enterprises, and the economic focus on metal related industry remains. Town status was officially granted to it in 1935.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

The city of Votkinsk was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke Udmurtish Yiddish.Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В., [http://snioo.ru/images/stories/nu-print/nu4662013.pdf "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана".] Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.) {{in lang|ru}}

It is famous as the birthplace of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Votkinsk serves as the administrative center of Votkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.Law #46-RZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Votkinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Votkinsk is incorporated as Votkinsk Urban Okrug.Law #68-RZ

The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology operates a machine plant in the town, the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, which produces some of Russia's long-range ballistic missiles. Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the RSD-10 Pioneer missile production facility at Votkinsk was selected for long-term on-site monitoring by U.S. inspectors. The corresponding site for the Soviet Union in the United States was the Hercules missile production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}{{update after|2023|9|27}}

The town gives its name to the nearby Votkinsk Reservoir, filled in the 1960s following the construction of a dam for the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station.

Votkinsk has a warm summer continental climate. (Koppen Dfb)

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| location = Votkinsk, Udmurt

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| Jan high C = -10.3

| Feb high C = -8.2

| Mar high C = -1.2

| Apr high C = 8.5

| May high C = 17.9

| Jun high C = 22.6

| Jul high C = 24.6

| Aug high C = 21.7

| Sep high C = 14.8

| Oct high C = 5.4

| Nov high C = -2.2

| Dec high C = -7.4

| Jan mean C = -14.2

| Feb mean C = -12.4

| Mar mean C = -5.7

| Apr mean C = 3.9

| May mean C = 11.9

| Jun mean C = 16.6

| Jul mean C = 18.9

| Aug mean C = 16.3

| Sep mean C = 10.3

| Oct mean C = 2.4

| Nov mean C = -5

| Dec mean C = -10.9

| Jan low C = -18.0

| Feb low C = -16.6

| Mar low C = -10.1

| Apr low C = -.7

| May low C = 5.9

| Jun low C = 10.7

| Jul low C = 13.3

| Aug low C = 10.9

| Sep low C = 5.8

| Oct low C = -.6

| Nov low C = -7.8

| Dec low C = -14.3

| Jan precipitation mm = 40

| Feb precipitation mm = 27

| Mar precipitation mm = 25

| Apr precipitation mm = 33

| May precipitation mm = 41

| Jun precipitation mm = 62

| Jul precipitation mm = 67

| Aug precipitation mm = 65

| Sep precipitation mm = 58

| Oct precipitation mm = 56

| Nov precipitation mm = 48

| Dec precipitation mm = 41

| source = https://en.climate-data.org/asia/russian-federation/udmurt-republic/votkinsk-1201/#climate-table

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The bandy team Znamya-Udmurtiya{{cite web | url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/club/25/ | title=Информация о команде "Знамя-Удмуртия" Воткинск - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России }} has played in the highest division, and nowadays play in the second highest, Russian Bandy Supreme League.

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• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tschaïkovsky, Peter Ilich|volume=27|pages=348–349}}
• Rudolf Povarnitsyn (born 1962), Ukrainian high jumper{{cite web |title=Athletics – World Record progression |work=International Olympic Committee | url=http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_88.pdf&id=88 |access-date=December 29, 2006}}
• Ksenia Garanina (born 1997), Armenian footballer{{Cite web |title=Կանանց ազգային հավաքական |url=http://www.ffa.am/hy/1581062946/player/36186 |access-date=30 April 2020 |website=Football Federation of Armenia |language=hy}}
• Liudmyla Kuchma (born 1940), wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and a former First Lady of Ukraine.

Votkinsk has a sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:

• {{Flagicon|United States}} West Jordan, Utah, United States

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