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Georgy Sergeev
Georgy Sergeev (russian: Сергеев, Георгий Иванович) was a Soviet designer of artillery and rocket systems, Hero of Socialist Labor. Biography Georgy Ivanovich Sergeev was born on August 30, 1911, in the city of Taganrog. In 1932 Sergeev graduated from the Taganrog Aviation College (russian: Таганрогский авиационный техникум). In 1932-1937 worked at Obukhov State Plant, Bolshevik Plant no. 232. In 1938-1942 worked at Stalingrad's military factory Barrikady Industrial Association. Under direction of the chief designer Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (designer), Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov he participated in construction of: * 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) * 210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) * 305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18) * 450 mm howitzer (Br-23) * 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) After evacuation of the factory from Stalingrad to Yurga, Sergeev worked at the Yurga Machine-Building Plant. In 1945-1950 worked at Leningrad's Obukhov State Plant, Bolshev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog The history of the city goes back to the late Bronze Age–early Iron Age (between the 20th and 10th centuries BC), when it was the earliest Greek settlement in the northwestern Black Sea Region and was mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus as Emporion Kremnoi. In the 13th century, Pisan merchants founded a colony, Portus Pisanus, which was however short-lived. Taganrog was founded by Peter the Great on 12 September 1698. The first Russian Navy base, it hosted the Azov Flotilla of Catherine the Great (1770–1783), which subsequently became the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Taganrog was granted city status in 1775. By the end of the 18th century, Taganrog had lost its importance as a military base after Crimea and the entire Sea of Azov w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
