Fedorov V.G. (1874-1966), constructor

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FEDOROV Vladimir Grigoryevich (1874, St. Petersburg - 1966), constructor of small arms, professor (1940), Lieutenant General (1943), and Hero of Labour (1928). Graduated from Mikhailovsky Artillery College (1895) and the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1900). He served in the Major Artillery Direction as part of the engineering and construction units. He constructed one of the first automatic guns in the world (1916), which was part of the Russian and Soviet arsenal until 1935. He created a school for small automatic gun construction. From 1918, he worked in Moscow. Fedorov's name was given to a street (Oruzheinika Fedorova Street).

References: Нагаев Г. Д. Жизнь оружейника. М., 1952; Владимир Григорьевич Федоров: 100 лет со дня рождения: Сб. ст. [Б. м.], 1974; Мартынчук Н. Н. Дело жизни: Очерки о конструкторах. М., 1975.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Fedorov Vladimir Grigorievich
Oruzheinika Fedorova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Мартынчук Н. Н. Дело жизни: Очерки о констукторах. М., 1975
Владимир Григорьевич Федоров: 100 лет со дня рождения: Сб. ст. [Б. м.], 1974
Нагаев Г.Д. Жизнь оружейника. М., 1952 Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy
Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy