The story
On September 21 1955 the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR appointed Alexey Ivanovich Stafeev director of the A-161 enterprise under construction in Arzamas (the future Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant). Construction began on May 4, 1956.
In the spring of 1957 the Arzamas region was abolished, and its territory was annexed to the Gorky region, in connection with which a part of the buildings that previously housed regional institutions was transferred to the plant under construction. Due to this, serial production was started on May 22, 1957. Initially, the plant produced electrodynamic flashlights.
Later the production of filmoscopes was launched, and at the end of 1957 the plant began to produce oxygen indicators and remote liquid oxygen indicators. After some time, the company mastered the production of integrated connectors for the pilot's seat in an airplane, thereby opening a new page in its history.
From Wikipedia’s article on Arzamas Instrument-Building Plant, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3