Kalashnikov may refer to:
Weapons
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (10November 191923December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, Military engineering, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assau ...
, Russian military engineer and small arms designer
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Kalashnikov rifle
Kalashnikov rifles (), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles, or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design. They are officially known in Russian as ''avtomat Kalashnikova'' (), and informally ...
, a series of automatic rifles based on the original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov
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AK-47
The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kala ...
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AK-74
The AK-74 ( Russian: , tr. ''Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda'', lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM. While primarily ...
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Kalashnikov Concern
JSC Kalashnikov Concern (; ), known until 2013 as the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant (; ), is a Russian Arms industry, defense manufacturing Concern (business), concern and joint-stock company headquartered in the city of Izhevsk in the Republic ...
, Russian manufacturer of the rifles and other weapons
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Kalashnikov USA, Israeli owned United States manufacturer and distributor of Kalashnikov style rifles and other weapons
Creative works
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The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov'', poem about Russian fist fighting by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1837
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The Merchant Kalashnikov'', opera by Anton Rubinstein, based on Lermontov's poem
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''Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov'' (film), a 1909 Russian film by Vasily Goncharov, based on Lermontov's poem
*''Kalasnjikov'', a song from
the soundtrack to Emir Kusturica's film ''Underground''
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Kalashnikov'', a 2020 Russian biographical film about Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Other uses
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Kalashnikov (surname), including a list of people with the name
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Kalashnikov culture, a tradition of weapon ownership in Pakistan
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Kalashnikov Variation, a form of the Sicilian Defense in chess
See also
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Kalashnik (disambiguation)
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