Vasily Degtyaryov

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Vasily Degtyaryov
Degtyaryov in 1941
Born	Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (1880-01-02)2 January 1880[1] Tula, Russian Empire[1]
Died	16 January 1949(1949-01-16) (aged 69)[1] Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
Occupation	Firearms designer[1]

Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (Russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв; 2 January 1880, Tula – 16 January 1949, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons design. He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour in 1940.