Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov. Self: Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun. Mikhail Kalashnikov is a Russian and Soviet designer of small arms. Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971), Lieutenant General (1999), Hero of the Russian Federation (2009), creator of the world famous Kalashnikov assault rifle (AK). From childhood, he was interested in technology, with interest studying the device and principles of operation of various mechanisms. At school he was fond of...