Boris Shavyrin
Introduction '''Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin''' (also transliterated as '''Shavirin''', '''Shavyirin'''; ) (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.
See also * List of Russian inventors
References *  Shavyrin's biography at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia *  Gnom ICBM