Mikhail Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov in December 2009

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013)^[1] was a Russian designer who is known for designing the AK-47, AKM, and AK-74 assault rifles when he served in the Soviet Army during World War II.^[2] He had the rank of lieutenant general.

Kalashnikov was born on 10 November 1919 in Kuriya, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR.^[3] He served in World War II and created many weapons and bombs including the AK-47 and a submachine gun. He was married to Ekaterina Kalashnikova. They had three children, one of them was gun designer Victor Kalashnikov. He lived in Izhevsk, Udmurtia.

On 17 November, Kalashnikov was hospitalized in an Udmurtian medical hospital for gastric hemorrhage.^[4] He died on the morning of 23 December, 2013 from the illness, aged 94.^[4]

References

1. "Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of AK-47 assault rifle, dies at 94". Chicago Tribune.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. "Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies at 94". CNN.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "The Biography of the Main Gun Designer Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov". Kalashnikov.guns.ru. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. "Скончался легендарный конструктор стрелкового оружия Михаил Калашников" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 23 December 2013. (in Russian)

Other websites

Media related to Mikhail Kalashnikov at Wikimedia Commons

• M.T. Kalashnikov Museum and Exhibition Small Arms Complex Archived 2021-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
• 'I sleep soundly' - Interview with and article on Mikhail Kalashnikov at the age of 83, from The Guardian newspaper.
• Mikhail Kalashnikov backs weapons control
• BBC NEWS Profile: Mikhail Kalashnikov
• Free illustrated virtual guided tour of the Museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine