Editing Mikhail Kalashnikov (section)

==Awards and tribute==
''Incorporates information from the corresponding article in the [[Russian Wikipedia]]''
* [[File:MEDAL OF SMALL ARMS KONSTRUKTOR MT Kalashnikov.jpg|thumb|The Russian [[Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation|Medal of Small Arms Maker]] was introduced in 2008 and named after Kalashnikov.<ref name="RMIT">{{cite web |url=http://www.vedomstva-uniforma.ru/minprom/minprom_nagrady_z11.html |script-title=ru:ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ О НАГРУДНОМ ЗНАКЕ "МЕДАЛЬ ИМЕНИ КОНСТРУКТОРА СТРЕЛКОВОГО ОРУЖИЯ М.Т. КАЛАШНИКОВА |language=ru |publisher=The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade |date=27 June 2008}}</ref>]]Recipients of the [[Order of St. Andrew]]<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.english.pravda.ru/news/society/showbiz/13-12-2001/25239-0/|title = Orthodox Christians honour memory of Saint Apostle Andrew the First-called|newspaper = Pravda|date = 13 December 2001|access-date = 13 December 2013|archive-date = 14 December 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131214120957/http://english.pravda.ru/news/society/showbiz/13-12-2001/25239-0/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
*In 1998, he was awarded an [[Order of St. Andrew|Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete]]
* On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a "[[Hero of the Russian Federation]]" and presented with a medal by [[President of Russia|President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of"<ref name=BBCpoet/>
* In 2012, [[Izhevsk State Technical University]] was named after Kalashnikov<ref name=aw1/>
* On 7 November 2014 a statue of Kalashnikov was unveiled at the [[Russian 102nd Military Base]] in [[Gyumri]], [[Armenia]]. Armenian Defense Minister [[Seyran Ohanyan]] attended the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|title=На российской военной базе в Армении открыт памятник выдающемуся оружейнику Михаилу Калашникову|url=http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=11999394@egNews|website=mil.ru|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Defence]]|date=7 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=hy:Գյումրիում բացվել է Միխայիլ Կալաշնիկովի արձանը|url=http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/26679507.html|agency=[[RFE/RL]] Armenian Service|date=7 November 2014|language=hy|newspaper=«Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» Ռադիոկայան }}</ref>
* On 19 September 2017 a {{convert|9|m}} monument of Kalashnikov was unveiled in [[Garden Ring]], central Moscow.<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|title=A monument to Kalashnikov|url=https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21729445-father-ak-47-had-qualms-about-his-invention-vladimir-putins-russia-celebrates-it|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=21 September 2017}}</ref> An activist who sought to disrupt the ceremony by displaying a sign reading "a creator of weapons is a creator of death" was subsequently arrested.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/30ft-high-statue-of-mikhail-kalashnikov-unveiled-in-moscow|title=30ft-high statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov unveiled in Moscow|first=Marc|last=Bennetts|newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 September 2017|access-date=19 September 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

===Russian Federation===
; Decorations
*[[Hero of the Russian Federation]] (2009)
*[[Order of St. Andrew]] (2008)
*[[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]], 2nd class (1994)
*[[Order of Military Merit (Russia)|Order of Military Merit]] (2004)

; Awards
*State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design (1997)
*Award of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2003)
*All-Russian Literary Prize of Suvorov (2009)[[File:Mikhail Kalashnikov 2019 stamp of Russia2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A 2019 Russian stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Kalashnikov's birth]]

; Honorary diplomas
*Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (1997, 1999)

; Medals
*Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
*Medal "Symbol of Science" (2007)
*Gold [[Medal of Zhukov]]
*Medal "For outstanding contribution to the development of the collection business in Russia"

; Acknowledgements
*Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (1997,1999,2002,2007)

===Soviet===
;Honors
*[[Hero of Socialist Labour]] (1958, 1976)
*[[Order of Lenin]] (1958, 1969, 1976)
*[[Order of the October Revolution]] (1974)
*[[Order of the Red Star]] (1949)
*[[Order of the Patriotic War]], 1st Class (1985)
*[[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] (1957)
*[[Order of Friendship of Peoples]] (1982)

;Medals
*Medal "Hammer and Sickle" (1958,1976)
*Medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945"
*Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
*Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
*Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
*Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
*Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
*Medal "Veteran of Labor" on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
*Jubilee Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
*Jubilee Medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
*Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
*Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
*Jubilee Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
*Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th anniversary of Moscow"

;Awards
*[[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] (1949)
*[[Lenin Prize]] (1964)

===Foreign decorations===
*{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Order of Honor (Belarus)|Order of Honor]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)|Order of Friendship]], First Class (2003)

===Other honors===
*the home of Mikhail Kalashnikov in the village he set Courier lifetime bronze bust (1980)
*the name of the designer named projected prospect in Izhevsk (1994)
*"Honorary Citizen of the Altai Territory" (1997)
*Ministry of Economy of Russia award – The sign "of small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov" (1997)
*Union of scientific and engineering organizations and the Government of Udmurtia established an award named after Mikhail Kalashnikov (1999)
*Diamond company "Alrosa" extracted 29 December 1995 gem diamonds weighing 50.74 carats given the name "designer Mikhail Kalashnikov" (14.5 x 15, 0h15, 5&nbsp;mm, quality Stones Black) (1999)
*Mikhail Kalashnikov Cadet School in Votkinsk (2002)
*Award in his name at the School of Weapon Skills of Izhevsk (2002)
*Izhevsk State Cultural Institution "Museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov"
*"Honorary Engineer of Kazakhstan" (Kazakhstan; 2004)
*Gift from President Hugo Chávez, the highest award of the Republic – a copy of the famous sword of Simon Bolivar, which is a relic of Venezuela and the copy is equal to the highest award of the country (2009)
*The name of Mikhail Kalashnikov was given to the military department of the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg (2009)
*[[Izhevsk State Technical University]] was awarded the name of Mikhail Kalashnikov (2012)
*German knife company Boker has dedicated a series to him (2013)
*The companies that make Kalashnikov rifles, Izhmash and Izhevsk Mechanical Plant were merged and formally renamed [[Kalashnikov Concern]].<ref>Smith, Matthew (12 August 2013) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817092059/http://www.janes.com/article/25839/izhmash-formally-renamed-kalashnikov Izhmash formally renamed Kalashnikov]. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly</ref> (2013)