Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev - Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Best known as the designer of the Tokarev TT-30 and TT-33 self-loading pistol and the Tokarev SVT-38 and SVT-40 self-loading rifle, both of which were produced in large numbers during the German-Soviet War. He received the Hero of Socialist Labor award and the USSR State Prize and a Stalin Prize Winner [no date] Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies