Izhevsks

Izhevsks is a toponym that may be encountered in English-language texts as a plural form of places sharing a base name in Russia. It is not an official or widely used designation for a single locality. In many cases, Izhevsks represents a transliteration artifact or a way to refer collectively to several settlements that derive their names from the same root, rather than a single, distinct town.

The closest widely known name is Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurt Republic, located on the Izh River in European Russia. Izhevsk is an industrial city with a long history of machine building and arms manufacture, including facilities historically associated with Izhmash.

Linguistically, the form Izhevsk comes from the stem Izh- plus the suffix -sk, a common pattern in Russian toponymy for towns that are linked to a geographic feature or a founding community. The plural Izhevsks would usually indicate multiple such localities or be the result of transliteration choices rather than a single, official place name.

See also: Izhevsk; Izh River; Izhmash; Kalashnikov Concern.