The Kalashnikov Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms was opened in 2004.
It was named in honor of the famous gun designer, because the mass production of the AK-47 was launched in Izhevsk, and the Izhmash design bureau engineered all five generations of weapons of the Kalashnikov family. The gun designer himself lived in Izhevsk all his life and became an honorary citizen of the city and the Udmurt Republic.
The museum’s collection tells the story of Soviet and Russian small arms, their production and new developments. All exhibition halls have multimedia equipment, and the museum’s shooting range provides an opportunity to shoot from a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Kalashnikov light machine gun, a Degtyarev sniper rifle, a PPSh, and other types of weapons.
Every year, the Kalashnikov Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms is visited by more than 160,000 people.
It was named in honor of the famous gun designer, because the mass production of the AK-47 was launched in Izhevsk, and the Izhmash design bureau engineered all five generations of weapons of the Kalashnikov family. The gun designer himself lived in Izhevsk all his life and became an honorary citizen of the city and the Udmurt Republic.
The museum’s collection tells the story of Soviet and Russian small arms, their production and new developments. All exhibition halls have multimedia equipment, and the museum’s shooting range provides an opportunity to shoot from a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Kalashnikov light machine gun, a Degtyarev sniper rifle, a PPSh, and other types of weapons.
Every year, the Kalashnikov Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms is visited by more than 160,000 people.
