Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was born on November 10, 1919 and died on December 23, 2013. He was a Russian lieutenant general, military engineer, inventor, and small arms designer. He is best known for creating the AK-47 family of rifles as well as the PKM light machine gun.
History
Awards and Decorations
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
- In 1998, he was awarded an Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete
- 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"
- In 2012, Izhevsk State Technical University was named after Kalashnikov
- On 7 November 2014 a statue of Kalashnikov was unveiled at the Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan attended the opening ceremony.
- On 19 September 2017 a 9 metres (30 ft) monument of Kalashnikov was unveiled in Garden Ring, central Moscow. A protester, later detained by police, attempted to unfurl a banner reading "a creator of weapons is a creator of death".
Russian Federation
- Decorations
- Hero of the Russian Federation - 2009
- Order of St. Andrew - 2008
- Order For Merit to the Fatherland, Second Class - 1994
- Order of Military Merit - 2004
- Awards
- State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design - 1997
- Award of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education - 2003
- All-Russian Literary Prize of Suvorov - 2009
- Honorary diplomas
- Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation - 1997 and 1999
- Medals
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "Symbol of Science" - 2007
- Gold Medal of Zhukov
- Medal "For outstanding contribution to the development of the collection business in Russia"
- Acknowledgements
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation - 1997, 1999, 2002, and 2007
Soviet Union
- Honors
- Hero of Socialist Labour - 1958 and 1976
- Order of Lenin - 1958, 1969, and 1976
- Order of the October Revolution - 1974
- Order of the Red Star - 1949
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class - 1985
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour - 1957
- Order of Friendship of Peoples - 1982
- Medals
- Medal "Hammer and Sickle" - 1958 and 1976
- Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945"
- Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
- Medal "Veteran of Labor" on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
- Jubilee Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th anniversary of Moscow"
- Awards
- Stalin Prize - 1949
- Lenin Prize - 1964
- Foreign decorations
- Order of Honour of Belarus - 1999
- Order of Friendship, First Class - 2003
- Other honors
- the home of Mikhail Kalashnikov in the village he set Courier lifetime bronze bust - 1980
- the name of the designer named projected prospect in Izhevsk - 1994
- "Honorary Citizen of the Altai Territory" - 1997
- Ministry of Economy of Russia award – The sign "of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov" - 1997
- Union of scientific and engineering organizations and the Government of Udmurtia established an award named after Mikhail Kalashnikov - 1999
- Diamond company "Alrosa" extracted 29 December 1995 gem diamonds weighing 50.74 carats given the name "designer Mikhail Kalashnikov" (14.5 x 15, 0h15, 5 mm, quality Stones Black) - 1999
- Mikhail Kalashnikov Cadet School in Votkinsk - 2002
- Award in his name at the School of Weapon Skills of Izhevsk - 2002
- Izhevsk State Cultural Institution "Museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov"
- "Honorary Engineer of Kazakhstan" - 2004
- Gift from President Hugo Chávez, the highest award of the Republic – a copy of the famous sword of Simon Bolivar, which is a relic of Venezuela and the copy is equal to the highest award of the country - 2009
- The name of Mikhail Kalashnikov was given to the military department of the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg - 2009
- Izhevsk State Technical University was awarded the name of Mikhail Kalashnikov - 2012
- German knife company Boker has dedicated a series to him - 2013
- The companies that make Kalashnikov rifles, Izhmash and Izhevsk Mechanical Plant were merged and formally renamed Kalashnikov Concern. - 2013