Kalashnikov
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Kalashnikov may refer to:
Weapons
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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