On April 29, 1897, George Shpagin, the designer of the legendary PPSh-41, was born. Personal business Georgy Semenovich Shpagin (1897-1952) was born in the village of Klyushnikovo by the Vladimir province in a peasant family. From the age of twelve he worked in Plotnitskaya Artel, then he was a driver. In 1916 he was drafted into the army, he got into the regimental arms workshop.