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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 ...
A native of Fana in Bergen Municipality, Vikernes began playing guitar at the age of 14 and formed his first band, Kalashnikov (later known as Uruk-Hai), by 1989. [7] He went on to join the band Old Funeral, in which he played guitar from 1989 until his departure in 1991.
Varg Vikernes began making music in 1988 with the band Kalashnikov. [9] The following year, the name was changed to Uruk-Hai, after the creatures from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. [8] [9] In 1990 and 1991, Vikernes played guitar for the death metal band Old Funeral, which also consisted of members who would later form the band ...
The first decision to establish a national cemetery was adopted in 1953, as a resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers, but the project was never implemented.The burial of national dignitaries irregularly took place at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Red Square, Moscow, ending with the funeral of Soviet General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985.
On October 28, 2018, Albania was commemorating Ohi Day, a national holiday in Greece that also holds significance for the Greek minority in Albania.On that day, according to his family, Katsifas fired a Kalashnikov rifle into the air near the village of Bularat during a procession, according to the Albanian police and the visible bullet holes in the police cars Katsifas shot in direction of ...
Kalashnikov was born 16 July 1942 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the son of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, [5] and Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Victor graduated in 1966 from a mechanical institute in Izhevsk in the Soviet Union.
U.S. personnel recovered three Kalashnikov rifles and two pistols, ten computer hard drives, documents, DVDs, almost a hundred thumb drives, a dozen cell phones, and "electronic equipment" for later analysis. [51] [116] [117] [b] The SEALs also discovered a large amount of opium stored in the house. [119]
The AKM is an automatic rifle chambered in 7.62×39mm intermediate cartridge. It is a selective fire, gas operated with a rotating bolt, firing in either semi-automatic or fully automatic, and has a cyclic rate of fire of around 600 rounds per minute (RPM).