Victor Kalashnikov
{{Short description|Russian small arms designer}}
{{About||the journalist and ex-KGB officer|Viktor Kalashnikov|other people|Kalashnikov (disambiguation){{!}}Kalashnikov}}
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| image = Victor Kalashnikov (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Kalashnikov at his father Mikhail's funeral, December 2013
| birth_name = Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|7|16}}{{cite news| url= http://tass.com/defense/996542| website= TASS.com| title= Russian weapons designer Kalashnikov Jr. passes away| date= 28 March 2018| access-date= 2 April 2018}}
| birth_place = Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|3|27|1942|7|16}}
| death_place = Izhevsk, Russia
| nationality = Russian
| known_for = Designer of the PP-19 Bizon
| occupation = Small arms designer
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| parents = Mikhail Timofevich Kalashnikov, Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova{{cite web|url= http://www.kalashnikov.name/index/0-15 |title=Биография М.Т.Калашникова | work=Kalashnikov.name |access-date=2012-12-26 |url-status= dead |language= ru| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120320061554/http://www.kalashnikov.name/index/0-15 |archive-date=20 March 2012 }}
| children = Mikhail and Aleksandr{{cite news| first= Galina |last= Sapozhnikova | date= 10 November 2004| url= http://rusk.ru/st.php?idar=712686 |title= Михаил Калашников: Я создавал оружие для защиты Отечества, а не для бандитских разборок!| work= Komsomolskaya Pravda| language= ru}}
| awards = Order of the Badge of Honour{{cite web| url= http://museum-mtk.ru/armourers/list/detail.htm?id=883896&factory=712204 |title= Калашников Виктор Михайлович| language= ru| website= museum-mtk.ru| publisher= Kalashnikov Museum}}
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Victor Mikhailovich Kalashnikov ({{langx|ru|Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Кала́шников}}; 16 July 1942 – 27 March 2018) was a Russian small arms designer known for developing the PP-19 Bizon submachine gun.
Early life and education
Kalashnikov was born 16 July 1942 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the son of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, and Ekaterina Viktorovna Kalashnikova.
Victor graduated in 1966 from a mechanical institute in Izhevsk in the Soviet Union.
Career
Kalashnikov began his weapon designing career in 1966 by conducting a series of tests of the AK-47 and summarizing the factors that affect its stability, durability, and reliability. He was then involved in the development of self-loading hunting rifles.{{cite news| url= https://www.izh.kp.ru/daily/26811/3847569/ |title= В Ижевске умер Виктор Калашников – сын легендарного конструктора Михаила Калашникова| language= ru| work= izh.kp.ru }}
He designed a number of parts and components and participated in developing self-loading hunting rifles and Kalashnikov machine guns. He led a group which designed the Bizon and Vityaz-SN submachine guns.
Personal life
Kalashnikov had two sons, Mikhail and Aleksandr. He died 27 March 2018 at age 75{{cite news| url= https://www.rferl.org/a/viktor-kalashnikov-dead-75-ak47/29131221.html| work= Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty| via= rferl.org| title= Viktor Kalashnikov, Son of Weapons Inventor, Dies at 75| date= 28 March 2018| access-date= 2 April 2018}} in Izhevsk, Russia.
References
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External links
- [https://kalashnikov.com Kalashnikov.com]
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Category:Weapons scientists and engineers