# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georgy-shpagin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:00:23.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georgy-shpagin"
name: "Georgy Shpagin"
slug: "georgy-shpagin"
description: "Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin was a Soviet weapons designer. He is best-known as the creator of the PPSh-41, a submachine gun that saw widespread use by the Red Army on the Eastern Front. He also worked with fellow Soviet weapons designer Vasily Degtyaryov on the DShK, a heavy machine gun, shortly before the start of World War II."
tagline: "Soviet weapons designer (1897-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-04-29"
deathDate: "1952-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.38071466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Semyonovich_Shpagin"
    title: "Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "جورجي شباجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Георги Шпагин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiy_Chpagin"
    title: "Georgiy Chpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgij_Semjonovi%C4%8D_%C5%A0pagin"
    title: "Georgij Semjonovič Špagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Semjonowitsch_Schpagin"
    title: "Georgi Semjonowitsch Schpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Shpagin"
    title: "Georgy Shpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueorgui_Shpaguin"
    title: "Gueorgui Shpaguin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_%C5%A0pagin"
    title: "Georgi Špagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueorgui_Chpaguine"
    title: "Gueorgui Chpaguine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgij_Szemjonovics_Spagin"
    title: "Georgij Szemjonovics Spagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ゲオルギー・シュパーギン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Георгий Семенович Шпагин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B2%8C%EC%98%A4%EB%A5%B4%EA%B8%B0_%EC%83%A4%ED%8C%8C%EA%B8%B4"
    title: "게오르기 샤파긴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgijus_%C5%A0paginas"
    title: "Georgijus Špaginas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueorgui_Chpaguine"
    title: "Gueorgui Chpaguine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gieorgij_Szpagin"
    title: "Gieorgij Szpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Shpagin"
    title: "Georgy Shpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шпагин, Георгий Семёнович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_%C5%9Epagin"
    title: "Georgi Şpagin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шпагін Георгій Семенович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump