Mikhail Kalashnikov, Creator of AK-47, Dies at 94
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/mikhail-kalashnikov-creator-of-soviet-era-ak-47-weapon-is-dead-at-age-94.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
Even though Stalinism forced his peasant family off their land during forced collectivization, his father later dying in Siberia, Mr. K said he admired Lenin and Stalin, and regretted not meeting Stalin before the latter died.