Wounded as tank driver in 1941 during WWII, Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts looking for improvements and in 1947 ends up with AK-47 assault rifle.
May 15, 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
January 15, 1946 in Zhilino, Volodarskiy rayon, Orlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
27 October 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
13 January 1958, Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
September 20, 1993 in Tuchkovo, Russia
April 6, 1956 in Moscow, USSR
January 22, 2010 in Russia
December 8, 1992 in Reutov, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia
January 11, 1987 in Zainsk, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
25 November 1965
September 20, 1952 in Lvov oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
26 October 1976
March 31, 1982 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
May 24, 1958 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
December 21, 1980
11 July 1970, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
August 20, 1949

