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Fedor Tokarev
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Fedor Tokarev

Inventor · born June 14, 1871 · died 1968

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Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev was a Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1937 to 1950.

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  1. 67Received the Order of LeninMarch 7, 1939
  2. 69Named Hero of Socialist LabourOctober 28, 1940
  3. ~80Received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour1951

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