Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov was born on November 10, 1919 in the village of Kuria in the Altai province.
Soviet and Russian small arms designer, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971), Lieutenant General (1999), creator of the legendary Kalashnikov (AK) assault rifle.
Winner of the Bachelor Stalin Prize (1949), the Lenin Prize (1964), and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997).
Twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1958, 1976). Hero of the Russian Federation (2009). Holder of the Order of Saint Andrew the First Apostle (1998).
Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov died on December 23, 2013 in Izhevsk. Mikhail Timofeevich was buried on December 27, 2013 in the Pantheon of Heroes of the Federal Military Cemetery.