Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov may refer to:

Weapons

• 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

People

• Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919−2013), Russian small arms designer, designer of the AK-47 assault rifle
• Aleksandr Kalashnikov (born 1987), Russian footballer
• Ilya Kalashnikov (born 1982), Russian footballer
• Marina Kalashnikova, Russian historian and freelance journalist
• Maxim Kalashnikov (born 1966), Russian writer and political activist
• Nicholas Kalashnikoff, Russian writer whose books include Jumper, Toyon, Yakub and The Defender
• Nikolay Kalashnikov (born 1940), Russian Olympic water polo player
• Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit
• Oleg Kalashnikov (1962−2015), Ukrainian politician, murdered in 2015
• Victor Kalashnikov (1942-2018), Russian small arms designer, son of Mikhail Kalashnikov
• Viktor Kalashnikov, Russian journalist and ex-KGB officer
• Vladimir Kalashnikov (born 1953), Russian footballer and coach
• Vyacheslav Kalashnikov (born 1985), Russian footballer

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

Other uses

• Kalashnikov culture, a tradition of weapon ownership in Pakistan
• Kalashnikov Variation, a form of the Sicilian Defense in chess

See also

• Kalashnik (disambiguation)