Mikhail Kalashnikov Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Russian weapon designer best known for creating the AK-47 assault rifle. Born on November 10, 1919, he was called up by the Red Army in 1938 as a tank driver and mechanic. After being wounded in 1941, he was inspired to design a new submachine gun after hearing complaints about Soviet rifles. His design for the AK-47 was finalized in 1947 and became the standard rifle for the Soviet army by 1956. Kalashnikov expressed a desire to create machines that helped people rather than weapons of war.

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November 10, 1919 Facts

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Mikhail Kalashnikov belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Kurya

Place of Death: Izhevsk

Cause of Death: pulmonary embolism

Educated At: Voroniha village secondary school

Occupation: design engineer

Spouses: Yekaterina Kalashnikova

Children: Victor Kalashnikov

Employers: Kalashnikov Concern | Kyiv Higher Tank Engineering School

Awards Received: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree | Dostyk Order of grade I | Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 2nd Class | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | Gold Star | Order of the Patriotic War 1st class | Order of the Star of Carabobo | Merited industrial worker of the USSR | State Prize of the Russian Federation | Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Order of Honor | Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | Zhukov Medal | Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" | "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called | Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Order of the October Revolution | Order of the Red Star | Hero of the Russian Federation | Order of Friendship of Peoples | Medal "Veteran of Labour" | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Hero of Socialist Labour | Order of Lenin | Order of Military Merit | Lenin Prize

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