Nikolai Mikhailovich Filatov (; 24 February 1935) was a scientist born in the Russian Empire in the field of theory of shooting from

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. Filatov graduated from the

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in 1887 and became a teacher at the

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. In 1892–1917, he taught at the Oranienbaum Officer Shooting School and tested automatic small firearms at the firing range on school premises, which he had founded in 1905. Nikolai Filatov was the one to support the work of the first Russian inventors and automatic weapons designers, such as Vladimir Fyodorov,

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, Yakov Roshchepey,

Vasily Degtyaryov Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв; 2 January 1880, Tula – 16 January 1949, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons design. He was awarded the title ...

and others. After the

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, Nikolai Filatov assisted in preparing the first Soviet infantry officer personnel. In 1918, he was appointed director of the Higher Shooting School of the Red Army, created on the basis of the Oranienbaum Officer Shooting School. In 1922, Nikolai Filatov became chairman of the shooting committee of the

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and then infantry inspection member. He authored the ''Notes on the Theory of Shooting'' ("Записки по теории стрельбы"; 1897) and many other works. Nikolai Filatov was awarded the

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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Filatov, Nikolai 1862 births 1935 deaths People from Ferzikovsky District People from Kaluzhsky Uyezd Firearm designers Scientists from the Russian Empire Soviet scientists Soviet engineers Imperial Russian lieutenant generals Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour