Grigoriy Ivanovich Shchedrin
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Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral
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Grigoriy Ivanovich Shchedrin
- World War II
- Soviet Union
Grigoriy Ivanovich Shchedrin (1912–1995) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral. After joining the submarine service in 1934, he commanded several boats, including S-56. In 1942 he led six submarines from the Pacific Fleet to the Red Banner Northern Fleet via the Panama Canal. S-56 completed eight war patrols, and Shchedrin received the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944. He later held senior fleet posts and edited Morskoy Sbornik.
- Born
- Tuapse
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Awarded 5 November 1944
- Editor
- Morskoy Sbornik, 1969–1973
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- Article
- Grigory Shchedrin (English Wikipedia)
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- Q964394
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- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
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