# Mikhail Kalashnikov

> He designed the most-produced firearm in history — a rifle so simple and so durable it became the standard weapon in conflicts on every continent. The AK-47 carries his initials, and by some counts, more than a hundred million have been made.

*Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kalashnikov

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1919-11-10
- **Died:** 2013-12-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was born on 10 November 1919 in the Soviet Union and rose to the rank of lieutenant general. A self-taught tinkerer who combined mechanical instinct with a studied understanding of weaponry, he developed the AK-47 assault rifle and went on to refine it into the AKM and AK-74, as well as designing the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun. The weapons achieved what he called "battlefield ubiquity" — renowned for their reliability in any condition. He took pride in the reputation, insisting his rifle was "a weapon of defense" and "not a weapon for offense," though he felt sorrow at their uncontrolled spread across the world. He died on 23 December 2013.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 69.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 26.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #87

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6173934/ (@nm6173934)

## Topics
#Developers, #Scientist, #Literature, #Politics, #Web Development, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalashnikov)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167573)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Mikhail%20Kalashnikov)
- [مايكل كلاشنيكوف](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81)
- [میخائیل کلاشنیکوو](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88)
- [Mixail Kalaşnikov](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixail_Kala%C5%9Fnikov)
- [Калашников Михаил Тимофеевич](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Міхаіл Калашнікаў](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Міхаіл Цімафеевіч Калашнікаў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%A6%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Михаил Калашников](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [মিখাইল কালাশনিকভ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AD)
- [Mic'hail Kalachnikov](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mic'hail_Kalachnikov)
- [Mikhaïl Kalàixnikov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Kal%C3%A0ixnikov)
- [Калашников, Михаил Тимофеевич](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Michail Kalašnikov](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Kala%C5%A1nikov)
- [Mikhail Kalashnikov](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalashnikov)
- [Mikhail Kalasjnikov](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalasjnikov)
- [Michail Timofejewitsch Kalaschnikow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Timofejewitsch_Kalaschnikow)
- [Μιχαήλ Καλάσνικοφ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%86)
- [Miĥail Kalaŝnikov](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%A5ail_Kala%C5%9Dnikov)
- [Mijaíl Kaláshnikov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADl_Kal%C3%A1shnikov)
- [Mihhail Kalašnikov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihhail_Kala%C5%A1nikov)
- [Mikhail Kalaxnikov](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalaxnikov)
- [میخائیل کلاشنیکف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%81)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalashnikov)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADl_Kal%C3%A1shnikov)
- [Wikiquote](https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Kalachnikov)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michai%C5%82_Ka%C5%82asznikow)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalashnikov)
- [میخائیل کلاشنیکۆڤ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%A4)

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