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Kalashnikov, M. T. (Mikhail Timofeevich), 1919-2013

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Personal name headingKalashnikov, M. T. (Mikhail Timofeevich), 1919-2013
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Variant(s)Kalashnikov, Mikhail Timofeevich, 1919-2013
Калашников, М. Т. (Михаил Тимофеевич), 1919-2013
Калашников, Михаил Тимофеевич, 1919-2013
Associated countrySoviet Union
Birth date19191110
Death date20131223
Place of birthKurʹi︠a︡ (Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia)
Place of deathIzhevsk (Russia)
Field of activityAK-47 rifle Kalashnikov machine gun
Profession or occupationFirearms designer Gunsmith General
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated
Found inHis Zapiski konstruktora-oruzheĭnika, 1992: t.p. (M.T. Kalashnikov) p. opp. t.p. (Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov)
Voen. ėnt︠s︡ik. slovarʹ, 1986 (Kalashnikov, Mikhail Timofeevich; b. 1919; armaments manufacturer)
New York times (online), viewed Dec. 23, 2013 (Lt. Gen. Mikhail T. Kalashnikov; d. Monday [Dec. 23, 2013], Izhevsk, Udmurtia, aged 94; arms designer credited by the Soviet Union with creating the AK-47, the first in a series of rifles and machine guns that would indelibly associate his name with modern war and become the most abundant firearms ever made); Dec. 24, 2013 (b. Mikhail Timofeyovich Kalashnikov, Nov. 10, 1919, Kurya)
Russian Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 23, 2013 (Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников = Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov; b. Nov. 10, 1919, Kurʹi︠a︡ village, Altaĭskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ [now in Kurʹinskiĭ raĭon, Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ]; d. Dec. 23, 2013, Izhevsk)
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