Mikhail Kalashnikov Bashny.Net

On Monday, died gunsmith Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Mikhail Kalashnikov - an outstanding designer of small arms in the Soviet Union and Russia, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971), Lieutenant-General (1999).

Born November 10, 1919, in the village of Altai Kuria gubernii.Geroy Russian Federation, Commander of the Order of St. Andrew, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and the Stalin Prize, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. CPSU member since 1952, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 3-4 (1950-1958) and 7-11 (1966-1989) convocation of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (11th convening).

Mikhail Kalashnikov is the only person to be awarded the title of Hero of Russia and twice Hero of Socialist Labor.

He became world famous thanks to the creation of AK.
Eternal memory ...






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Source: vk.com