Russia will next month celebrate the life of Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47, with a number of events, including the museum display and a biopic. Kalashnikov, who died in 2013 at the age of 94, is seen in Russia as a national hero and symbol of the country’s proud military past. Russia’s Kalashnikov branches out from rifles to robots and e-carsHis AK-47 has become a weapon of choice for both guerrillas and governments the world over. The exhibition was put together by the Kalashnikov museum in Izhevsk, an industrial town in the Ural mountains, where the inventor worked at the Izhmash weapons factory until his retirement. In his twilight years, Kalashnikov said he was tormented by the thought that his invention had caused so many deaths.

Source: The Express Tribune October 01, 2019 06:56 UTC