Overview
Vladimir Vasil'evich Simonov (Владимир Васильевич Симонов; 17 August 1935 — 6 May 2020) was a Russian (Soviet) design engineer working in the Tula Arms Plant.
Biography
Vladimir Simonov was born in 1935 in Kovrov in the Vladimir Oblast.
In 1955 he graduated from the Podolia Industrial Technical Secondary School (Подольский индустриальный техникум) with specialty in mining equipment.
After serving in the army in 1957 he joined the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Центральный научно-исследовательский институт точного машиностроения).
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