About Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov 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.
Notable works:
The gun that changed the world
Awards:
Lenin Prize|Order of Military Merit|Order of Lenin|Hero of Socialist Labour|Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Order of the Red Banner of Labour|Medal "Veteran of Labour"|Order of Friendship of Peoples|Hero of the Russian Federation|Order of the Red Star|Order of the October Revolution|Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called|Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"|Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"|"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal|Zhukov Medal|Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"|Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Order of Honor|Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|State Prize of the Russian Federation|Merited industrial worker of the USSR|Order of the Star of Carabobo|Medal “For Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Collecting in Russia”.|Gold Star|Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class|Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class|Military Order of Saint Nicholas, 1st Class|Order “For Merit to the Altai Krai”, 1st Class|Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 2nd Class|Dostyk Order of grade I|State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
