Mikhail Kalashnikov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Soviet and Russian small arms designer

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Dec-2013

Profession: writer, military personnel, engineer, politician, inventor, structural engineer, tankman

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lieutenant-General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Russian: ?????´? ??????´???? ????´??????, IPA: [k?'la?n??k?f]; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Russian general, inventor, military engineer, writer and small arms designer.
He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun and RPK light machine gun.Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry to design arms that achieved battlefield ubiquity.
Even though Kalashnikov felt sorrow at the weapons' uncontrolled distribution, he took pride in his inventions and in their reputation for reliability, emphasizing that his rifle is "a weapon of defense" and "not a weapon for offense".