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Kalashnikov

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Kalashnikov may refer to:

Weapons

  • Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian military engineer and small arms designer
  • Kalashnikov rifle, a series of automatic rifles based on the original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • Kalashnikov Concern, Russian manufacturer of the rifles and other weapons
  • Kalashnikov USA, Israeli owned United States manufacturer and distributor of Kalashnikov style rifles and other weapons

Creative works

  • The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, poem about Russian fist fighting by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1837
    • The Merchant Kalashnikov, opera by Anton Rubinstein, based on Lermontov's poem
    • Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov (film), a 1909 Russian film by Vasily Goncharov, based on Lermontov's poem
  • Kalasnjikov, a song from the soundtrack to Emir Kusturica's film Underground
  • Kalashnikov, a 2020 Russian biographical film about Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Other uses

  • Kalashnikov (surname), including a list of people with the name
  • Kalashnikov culture, a tradition of weapon ownership in Pakistan
  • Kalashnikov Variation, a form of the Sicilian Defense in chess

See also

  • Kalashnik (disambiguation)
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