# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kalashnikov
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:20.682Z

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description: "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."
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deathDate: "2013-12-23"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.