Lev Gorlitsky

Soviet weapon designer
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IntroSoviet weapon designer
PlacesRussia
wasEngineer
Work fieldEngineering
Gender
Male
Birth3 March 1906, Stepantsi, Ukraine
Death2 November 2003Saint Petersburg, Tsardom of Russia (aged 97 years)
Star signPisces
Education
Baltic State Technical University
Awards
Stalin Prize 
Order of the Red Star 
Order of the Badge of Honour 
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class 
Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class 
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" 
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" 
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Biography

Lev Izrailevich Gorlitsky (Russian: Лев Израилевич Горлицкий) (3 March 1906 - 2 November 2003) was a Jewish Soviet weapons designer. Under the guidance of Gorlitsky special artillery pieces were designed to be mounted on T-34 self-propelled guns.

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