Kalashnikov Explained

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
  • AK-47
  • AK-74
• 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)