Monument to Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin in Kolomna, Russia

---

Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin (May 10, 1902 in Yaroslavl - October 9, 1965 in Moscow) was a Russian 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. Doctor of Technical Sciences (1952), corresponding member of the Academy of Artillery Sciences (1949).

---

Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: October Revolution Street, Memorial Park, Kolomna, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: architecture, art, artillery, artwork, attraction, blue, boris, bronze, bust, commemorative, engineer, grass, horizontal, ii, inventor, ivanovich, landmark, man, memoralniy, memorial, metal, monument, pedestal, people, plaque, rocket, russia, sculpture, shavirin, shavyrin, sky, soviet, statue, stone, suit, sunny, tourist, trees, union, ussr, visitor, war, wearing, world