Russia’s Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47, dies: reports
Mikhail Kalashnikov. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MOSCOW—Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of fabled AK-47 automatic rifle, has died, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked. He was 94.
Kalashnikov designed a weapon that became synonymous with killing on a sometimes indiscriminate scale but was seen in the Soviet Union as a national hero and symbol of Moscow’s proud military past.
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