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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (UK: / k ə ˈ l æ ʃ n ɪ k ɒ f / kə-LASH-nik-off, US: /-ˈ l ɑː ʃ-/- LAHSH-; [4] [5] Russian: Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈlaʂnʲɪkəf]; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms ...
[374] (body discovered on this date) Bronzell Miller, 42, American football player and actor ... Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, Russian weapons designer (AK-47, AK-74).
In November 2013 a museum dedicated to him was opened in the town, in a century-old wooden school house where Kalashnikov used to study. Kalashnikov, who turned 94 years old at the time of the opening, said he was unable to attend the opening ceremony due to poor health (he died only the following month).
Stoner (left) and Kalashnikov hold the rifles they designed, May 22, 1990. On May 16, 1990, Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 and its derivatives, met for the first time. They spent the next few days talking, sharing stories, shopping, going out to dinner and touring Washington D.C.
Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), lieutenant-general, Hero of the Russian Federation, creator of the Kalashnikov rifle; Nikolai Kuimov (1957–2021), lieutenant colonel, Hero of the Russian Federation; Alexei Leonov (1934–2019), major-general, two times Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut and first person to walk in space
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'Kalashnikov's automatic [rifle]'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov , it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or "AK") family of rifles .
Former NHL player Konstantin Koltsov has died. He was 42. According to multiple reports, the hockey pro turned coach died in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday. People reports that Koltsov died of ...