G.N. Nikonov Memorial Plaque

A memorial plaque to Gennady Nikolaevich Nikonov is installed on the residential building No. 183 on Pushkinskaya Street in Izhevsk, where the famous weapons designer lived from 1977 to 2003. Nikonov, born into a family of hereditary gunsmiths, dedicated his life to creating new models of small arms and was awarded the Order "Hope of the Nation" and the title "Honored Inventor of the Russian Federation." Among his developments are a high-precision air rifle for sport shooting, the "Izubr" sport carbine created for Leonid Brezhnev's anniversary, as well as hunting carbines. In 2022, a street named after him appeared in Izhevsk, and the designer's birthday was included in the list of commemorative dates of the Udmurt Republic.