Inventor of AK-47 rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov shakes hands with riot police officers. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Center of Strategic Missile Launchers. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Center of Strategic Missile Launchers. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov and academician Fyodor Uglov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in the sanatorium 'Dyuny'. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov on the cruiser 'Aurora'. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov at the shooting range. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov holding a bottle in the form of an automatic rifle. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: actress Alisa Freindlikh and weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov on the cruiser 'Aurora'. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle, has died at age 94 in Izhevsk, Russia. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In picture: weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in the Chinese Palace. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Russian automatic small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Russia Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Russian automatic small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Russia. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Russian automatic small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Russia. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov (left), Nobel Prize winner, physician Zhores Alfyorov and cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -
Weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov Credit: RussianLook/face to face - Germany, Austria, Switzerland and USA rights only -