Soviet soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov designs the AK-47 two years after the end of World War II in 1947: simple, durable, deadly ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94.

MOSCOW — Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, reportedly wrote a regretful letter several months before his death asking the head of the Russian Orthodox Church if he… ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Soviet inventor and namesake of the world's most popular gun, the AK-47, died Monday. He was 94. Born into a peasant family in Siberia, Kalashnikov was at one point a ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov also wrote several autobiographic books and continued working at the factory as chief designer until a very advanced age. He is the only person honored with the titles of Hero of ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian armorer credited with inventing the AK-47 “Kalashnikov” automatic rifle, has died at age 94.Kalashnikov was a self-taught inventor and Soviet soldier when, in ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov , who has died aged 94, invented the AK47 assault rifle which bears his name and became the weapon of choice for guerrillas, freedom fighters and terrorists the world over.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, has passed away in his home city of Izhevsk, near the Ural Mountains, according to a Russian state news agency. Kalashnikov was the inventor of the AK-47 - an assault ...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94.

Moscow on Tuesday unveiled a statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle that became by some estimates the most lethal weapon ever made and the best known Russian brand abroad.

Mikhail Kalashnikov's AK-47, sometimes called the Kalashnikov, became the world's most ubiquitous weapon. For the most part, Kalashnikov defended his brainchild, designed 'for the glory of the ...

FILE - DECEMBER 23, 2013: Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor Of Kalashnikov Assault Rifle, Dies At 94 IZHEVSK, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 23: Mikhail Kalashnikov, the father of the world's most popular assault ...