I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.
Mikhail KalashnikovMy spiritual pain is unbearable. I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths?
Mikhail KalashnikovI tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.
Mikhail KalashnikovMy work is my life, and my life is my work. I invented this assault rifle to defend my country. Today, I am proud that it has become for many synonymous with liberty.
Mikhail Kalashnikov