The Russian military has relied on the AK-47 for decades, though the rifle's influence has reached well beyond Russia's borders.
She said the honor could have gone to "probably more worthy people than the creator of a rifle."
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It's loathsome," resident Natalya Seina told a local media outlet, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The Two-Way Reports: Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor Of AK-47, Dies NPR's Lucian Kim reports from Moscow that at least one protester was detained holding a sign that read "a weapons designer is a designer of death."
Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said the gun had become a "cultural brand of Russia."īut not all Russians were on board with the tribute. Tuesday's ceremony included military music and a blessing by a Russian Orthodox priest, The Guardian reports. The words "I created a weapon for the defense of my fatherland" are etched on the pedestal. The late Russian lieutenant general is casually attired, his jacket unzipped and the top button of his shirt undone. The bronze Kalashnikov, the man, wields a bronze Kalashnikov, the weapon. Kalashnikov's daughter, Yelena, unveiled the statue Tuesday at a square off Garden Ring Road, a busy thoroughfare in Russia's capital city, according to Reuters. His legacy lies in his eponymous AK-47 assault rifle, one of the world's most popular and lethal weapons, and now Mikhail Kalashnikov's likeness looms over Moscow in the form of a 30-foot-tall monument, but not everyone is happy to see it. A new monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, is unveiled during a ceremony Tuesday in Moscow.
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