Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Kalashnikov was a renowned Russian weapons designer, most famous for designing the AK-47 rifle. Mikhail was born in 1919 in Kurya, Russia.
Russian Inventors
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, the father of helicopters, was born on May 25th, 1889. He was given this title not because he invented the helicopter but because his designs were a pioneer.
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev, known as the father of the Periodic Table, was a Russian scientist born in Tobolsk, Siberia on February 8th, 1834. He belonged to a well-off family and had 17 siblings.