Grigori Ivanovich Shchedrin Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Щедри́н (1912–1995) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral. He was a Hero of the Soviet UnionShchedrin was born in Tuapse and joined the merchant navy as a fourteen-year-old. He continued his education at a marine college and graduated as a navigator in 1932.Shchedrin joined the navy's submarine servoice in 1934, He commanded boats M-5 and Shch-110 and won first prize in the Soviet Pacific Fleet in 1939 to 1941.