Workers at military factories had a good salary; many of them owned a pieces of land, used for agriculture.

After the February Revolution of 1917, political life in Izhevsk and Votkinsk began to develop very fast.

On 4 May, the Izhevsk committee of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.

On 7 August, the Bolsheviks organized a big meeting for drafting the workers into the Army.

Living conditions in rebel territory became worse, and workers didn't receive wages.

At the beginning of October, the 2nd Red Army captured Sarapul and began to prepare for storming Izhevsk.

The rebels didn't have enough ammunition and organized so-called "psychological attack": they advanced by ceremonial march with music, with rifles but without shooting.

After losing the civil war, many White soldiers from Izhevsk and Votkinsk went to Manchuria and the United States.