Grigory Shchedrin

Grigoriy Ivanovich Shchedrin Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Щедри́н (1912–1995) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral.

He was a Hero of the Soviet Union Shchedrin was born in Tuapse and joined the merchant navy as a fourteen-year-old.

Shchedrin was chief of staff of the Baltic Fleet's 2nd submarine squadron from 1946–1950.

In 1954 he graduated from the general staff academy with the gold medal and was promoted to vice admiral.

He commanded the Kamchatka Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet until 1959 when he joined Navy staff.