Soon after World War II, the Automatic Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle was fielded by the Soviet Union and other Communist allies within the Eastern Bloc, also including nations such as China, North Korea, and North Vietnam.

Timofey Kalashnikov was deported when Mikhail was still a boy.

In his youth, Kalashnikov wrote poetry, and his dream was to become a poet.

In 1938, Kalashnikov was conscripted into the Red Army, and became a tank driver and mechanic, achieving the rank of senior sergeant tank commander serving on the T-34s of the 24th Tank Regiment, 12th Tank Division stationed in Stryi before the regiment retreated after the Battle of Brody in June 1941.

From 1942 onwards Kalashnikov was assigned to the Central Scientific-developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of the Chief Artillery Directorate of RKKA.

The AKM (-Automatic Kalashnikov Modernized ) first appeared in 1963, which was lighter and cheaper to manufacture due to the use of a stamped steel receiver ( in place of the AK47's milled steel receiver ), and contained detail improvements such as a re-shaped stock and muzzle compensator.

Mikhail Kalashnikov was twice named Hero of Socialist Labour.

On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a " Hero of the Russian Federation " and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating " the brand every Russian is proud of.

It began during 1988 in Bergen, Norway, under the name Kalashnikov, that was used until 1989 ; from 1989 to 1990 was renamed into Uruk-Hai, and finally in 1991 was called Burzum.

" Rubinstein was a prolific composer, writing no fewer than twenty operas ( notably The Demon, written after Lermontov's Romantic poem, and its successor The Merchant Kalashnikov ), five piano concertos, six symphonies and a large number of solo piano works along with a substantial output of works for chamber ensemble, two concertos for cello and one for violin, free-standing orchestral works and tone poems ( including one entitled Don Quixote ).

The reconstruction of events in Račak was prevented by two armed Albanians, one with a Kalashnikov and the another with a pistol, who chased off court officials, telling them, " we don't want any cockroachs ( Serbs ) in our village.

On October 19, 2006, three days before the elections, Dmitry Fotyanov, the mayoral candidate from the United Russia party who came second in the initial round of elections, was gunned down with Kalashnikov assault rifle fire.

Tapered cases require the use of highly curved magazines similar to that of the Kalashnikov although for the short magazines of the Pedersen and Garand rifles, this was immaterial.

After a brief conversation they rounded up all the members of the Hindu households and then summarily gunned them down with Kalashnikov rifles The massacre was allegedly committed by Abdul Hamid Gada of Hizbul Mujahideen and was timed to coincide with the Shab-e-Qadar, the holiest night of the month of Ramzan, when believers stay awake until dawn.

Bontade ’ s close ally, Salvatore Inzerillo, was killed three weeks later with the same Kalashnikov.

The guard regiment was equipped with small arms ( pistol Makarov, Walther PP, Kalashnikov AK-47, AK-74, LMG, RPG-7 ) to light armored personnel carriers ( SPW 60 PB, SPW, 70, PSH ).

This requirement was later changed to require the weapon to accept and feed from Kalashnikov magazines.

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (, Mihail Timofejevič Kalašnikov ) ( born 10 November 1919 ) is a Russian small arms designer, most famous for designing the AK-47, AKM, and AK-74 assault rifles.

* Mikhail Kalashnikov ( born 1919 ), Russian small arms designer, notable for making the design of the AK-47 assault rifle

* Maxim Kalashnikov ( born 1966 ), Russian writer and political activist

Kalashnikov told Reuters Television, " I've always wanted to improve and expand on the good name of my weapon by doing good things.

*' I sleep soundly ' - Interview with and article on Mikhail Kalashnikov at the age of 83, from The Guardian newspaper.

At four minutes past midnight of 6 September, one of them ( likely Issa ) turned on the hostages in the eastern helicopter and fired at them with a Kalashnikov assault rifle from point-blank range.

The IDF originally suggested that two Kalashnikov assault rifles and a handgun were found on the premises, but subsequently backtracked on the allegation.

The IDF originally suggested that two Kalashnikov assault rifles and a handgun were found on the premises, but subsequently backtracked on the allegation ( it appears the weapons were found during the operation, but not in the ISM's building ).

** The Merchant Kalashnikov, opera by Anton Rubinstein, based on Lermontov's poem

** Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov ( film ), a 1909 Russian film by Vasily Goncharov, based on Lermontov's poem

The muzzle velocity depends on the ammunition used ; the NATO round being 900 m / s while the Kalashnikov round is 719 m / s.

Mikhail Kalashnikov later developed a prototype submachine gun in 1942 that operated by a screw-delayed blowback principle, which is also found on the Fox Wasp carbine.

* Kalashnikov Culture Talking Tough on Guns in Pakistan

The INSAS rifle is based on the Kalashnikov AK-47 action with modifications.

*: The PSL ( rifle ) is a purpose-built designated marksman rifle chambered for 7. 62x54mmR based on a modified Kalashnikov action.

*: The Zastava M76 is a designated marksman rifle based on a modified Kalashnikov action.

*: The Zastava M91 is a purpose-built designated marksman rifle based on a modified Kalashnikov action and chambered for 7. 62x54mmR.

On the morning of March 11, 1978, eleven Palestinian militants including Dalal Mughrabi landed by Zodiac boats on a beach near Ma ' agan Michael north of Tel Aviv, having departed from Lebanon with a stash of Kalashnikov rifles, rocket propelled grenades, light mortars and high explosives.

Soviet engineer Mikhail Kalashnikov quickly adapted the German concept, using a less-powerful 7. 62 × 39mm cartridge derived from the standard 7. 62 × 54mmR Russian battle rifle round, to produce the AK-47, which has become the world's most widely used assault rifle.

** Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian firearms inventor

* Kalash, Russian slang for Kalashnikov type rifles

The factory produces the famous Kalashnikov series of rifles for the Russian military and for export.

* Viktor Kalashnikov, Russian journalist and ex-KGB officer

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of Kalashnikov assault rifles, wears Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation and two Stars of Hero of the Soviet Union

* Mikhail Kalashnikov, Soviet Russian firearms designer.

Rhythmically, Kalashnikov is patterned after bylina, the Russian folk epic.

* Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov ( film )-1909 Russian film directed by Vasily Goncharov

* Full text of The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov in the original Russian

Some of its best-known products were several versions styled after the M16 rifle, known as the AP-74, AP-74M and AP-80 ; replicas of the Armalite AR-18 assault rifle, known as the AP-75 ; replicas of the Russian Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, known as the AP-80 ; replicas of the British SA-80 bull-pup rifle, known as the AP-82 ; replicas of the Israeli Galil assault rifle, known as the AP-84 ; replicas of the French FA-MAS bull-pup rifle, known as the AP-85.

He illustrated many works of classical Russian literature, including Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls, The Carriage, and The Overcoat ; Mikhail Lermontov's The Lay of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, His Young Oprichnik and the Stouthearted Merchant Kalashnikov ; and Leo Tolstoy's How the Devil Stole the Peasants Hunk of Bread and The Candle.