Boris Shavyrin

Russian artillery and rocket engineer

Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin (also transliterated as Shavirin, Shavyirin; Russian: Бори́с Ива́нович Шавы́рин) (1902, Yaroslavl – 1965) was a Soviet artillery and rocket engineer who developed the first air-augmented rocket, Gnom, or Gnome (installable on mobile complexes or large tanks), as well as many other Soviet mortars and rockets. He was the first Head and Chief Designer of KB Mashinostroyeniya.²

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Born May 10, 1902, died Oct 9, 1965.¹

Companies

KBMFounder¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedBauman Moscow State Technical University³

Career

Occupation: weapon, engineer.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at Bauman Moscow State Technical University⁴
Date not recordedFounded KBM⁵

Personal life

BornMay 10, 1902, Yaroslavl⁷
DiedOct 9, 1965, Moscow⁸
CitizenshipRussian Empire, Soviet Union⁹

Awards

Date not recordedHero of Socialist Labour¹⁰
Date not recordedLenin Prize¹⁰
Date not recordedMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Lenin¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Suvorov, 2nd class¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour¹⁰
Date not recordedStalin Prize¹⁰

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