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Moscow ­nveils Monument to Kalashnikov, Designer of Ak-47


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Mikhail Kalashnikov, AK-47

A new monument to Russian firearm designer Mikhail Kalashnikov is unveiled during an official ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Kalashnikov, who died in 2013 at age 94 in the city of Izhevsk, has received accolades as the creator of the

Credit: AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

The new statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov cradling his signature AK-47 assault rifle unveiled Tuesday in Moscow commemorates one of Russia's most renowned and reviled inventions.

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