From Saint Petersburg State Architectural and Construction UniversityPost
Project “Scientific Regiment.” Georgy Shubnikov – engineer-major of the Great Patriotic War and builder of the first cosmodromes
History: Georgy Maksimovich Shubnikov(1903–1965), a graduate of the Leningrad Institute of Municipal Engineers (now SPbGASU), during the Great Patriotic War fought in the engineering troops. He led the organization of forcing major rivers as part of key offensive operations. And after the war, he contributed to space exploration.