Mikhail Kalashnikov

The new monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov in Moscow

Russia puts Kalashnikov on a pedestal

Culture

Russia is celebrating the Kalashnikov rifle as “a cultural brand.” It has literally put the weapon’s inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, on a pedestal. A statue was unveiled in Moscow on Tuesday, amid much pomp and ceremony.

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, an acronym for "Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947", indicating its first year of production.

Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47 take a bow

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Kalashnikov Rifle

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