Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun.

Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry to design arms that achieved battlefield ubiquity. Even though Kalashnikov felt sorrow at the weapons' uncontrolled distribution, he took pride in his inventions and in their reputation for reliability, emphasizing that his rifle is "a weapon of defense" and "not a weapon for offense".

Notable works: The Gun that Changed the World, The Arms Designer Notes, From A Stranger's Doorstep To The Kremlin Gates, A Biography Of Mikhail Kalashnikov The AK Man, I Walked Along the Same Road as You Did, Fate trajectory, Things that are useful are simple, AK-74, AKM Awards: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, Order of Honor, Dostyk Order of grade I Education: Voroniha village secondary school

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