Shchetinin was the first Russia

Russia

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n aviation company. It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1909 under the name Russko-Baltiskovo Vagonovo Zavod (Russo-Baltic Railway Car Plant). The company was led by the famous pilot S. S. Shchetinin and the lead designer was Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich

Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich

Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, in Russian: Дмитрий Павлович Григорович, was a Russian/Soviet aircraft designer of a number of planes under the Grigorovich name....

. The company focused mainly on a series of flying boats, which initially were modeled after the American aircraft Curtiss Model K

Curtiss Model K (aircraft)

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. A lengthy series of aircraft, starting with the designation letter "M" (Marine) followed. Famous aircraft were the M-5

Grigorovich M-5

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, M-9

Grigorovich M-9

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, M-11/M-12

Grigorovich M-11

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, M-15, M-16

Grigorovich M-16

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 and M-24/M-24bis.

Aircraft

See Grigorovich (design bureau) for a full list of aircraft.