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.


Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov

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

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