Boris Shavyrin
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Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin (1902, Yaroslavl
– 1965) was a Russia
n 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.
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...
– 1965) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n artillery and rocket engineer who developed the first air-augmented rocket
Air-augmented rocket
Air-augmented rockets use the supersonic exhaust of some kind of rocket engine to further compress air collected by ram effect during flight to use as additional working mass, leading to greater effective thrust for any given amount of fuel than either the rocket or a ramjet...
, Gnom, or Gnome
Gnome
A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature...
(installable on mobile complexes or large tanks), as well as many other Soviet mortars and rockets.