[b]Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov[/b] (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet/Russian general, inventor, military engineer and [[gun|small arms]] designer. He is most famous for developing the [[AK-47]] [[assault rifle]] and their [[Kalashnikov rifle|derivatives]], as well as the [[PK machine gun|PK]] and [[RPK]] [[machine gun]]s.

h1. See also
* [[Tag Group:People]]
* [[Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov]]
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