Georgy Shpagin

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Soviet weapons designer (1897-1952)

PoliticiansLived 1897 to 1952 · aged 54

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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.

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Awards 10

1945Hero of Socialist Labour

1945Order of Lenin

1944Order of Lenin

1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

1942Order of Lenin

1941Stalin Prize

1933Order of the Red Star

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Connected to Georgy 6

Hamazasp BabadzhanianAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Semyon KrivosheinAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Filipp OktyabrskyAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Alexander MikulinAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Alexander GorbatovAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Stanislav PoplavskyAlso won Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

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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.