[1] A reason for the failure of this company was the problematic transport of the guns from this factory to the end users.

[1] Colonel Putilov acquired a license to use Obukhov's procedure to make crucible steel in 1861.

[2] In 1863, Putilov acquired a piece of land on the Neva that belonged to the state and founded the Obukhov Steel Works.

[2] In the 1860s, Russia ordered a massive amount of Krupp guns for its field, naval and coastal artillery.

[3] The idea behind the state support for the foundation of the Obukhov factory was that Russia did not want to be dependent on other nations for its artillery.

[5] In 1864, the Russian Navy Ministry then intervened, and appointed a colonel as general manager of the Obukhov Works.

[5] The interference of the navy was successful in the sense that in 1866, satisfactory models of 4-, 8-, 12- and 24-pdr guns were made, all muzzle loaders.

[5] During the whole Tsarist period, the company remained a major producer of artillery and other military equipment.

On 20 June 1918, V. Volodarsky was assassinated while making his way to a meeting relating to industrial unrest in the factory.

[8] The Leningrad factory's historical name was restored in 1992 by the formation of a unitary enterprise, FSUE Obukhov State Plant.

Other civilian products were fork-lift trucks, wheelchairs, smoothing irons and other home appliances, television sets, cameras, and gas and oil extraction equipment.