Kalashnikov
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Kalashnikov is commonly used to refer to a type of rifle:
[edit] Rifles
[edit] People
- Mikhail Kalashnikov (born 1919), Russian small arms designer
- Maxim Kalashnikov (born 1966), Russian writer and political activist
[edit] Others
- Kalashnikov (band), Italian punk band
- The Kalashnikov Variation, a chess variation
- The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov
[edit] Etymology
It represents Russian Калашников, a sandhi alteration of earlier Калачников, which means "belonging to (usually "son of" or "place of") a man who made a type of Russian fancy bread called kalach".
[edit] Distinguish from
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