Kalashnikov was born into poverty in a remote Altai Mountains of Russia. Jonathan Marcus reports.

卡拉什尼科夫出生在俄罗斯偏远山区阿尔泰山一个贫困家庭。乔纳森·马库斯报道。

A statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the world's most famous weapon, is due to be unveiled in Moscow.

世界上最著名的武器的设计者米哈伊尔·卡拉什尼科夫(Mikhail Kalashnikov)的雕像即将在莫斯科揭幕。

So Kalashnikov started designing his own.

所以卡拉什尼科夫开始设计自己的。

Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in a rural area of Russia in 1919.

米哈伊尔·卡拉什尼科夫 (Mikhail Kalashnikov) 1919 年出生在俄罗斯的一个农村地区。

Some experts think 70 million Kalashnikov rifles have been made.

一些专家认为已经制造了 7000 万支卡拉什尼科夫步枪。

His death comes a day after a pro-Russian politician Oleg Kalashnikov was killed in a similar attack.

他去世的前一天， 亲俄政治家奥列格·卡拉什尼科夫 (Oleg Kalashnikov) 在类似的袭击中丧生。

For many years, Kalashnikov stood up for his weapon as a way to defend Russia.

多年来，卡拉什尼科夫坚持使用他的武器作为保卫俄罗斯的一种方式。

But, a few months before his death in 2013, Kalashnikov expressed second thoughts.

但是，在 2013 年去世前几个月，卡拉什尼科夫表达了第二个想法。

Kalashnikov's vision was to create a rifle that could be produced in vast quantities, arming the proletariat with the means to defend itself against the forces of oppression.

卡拉什尼科夫的愿景是制造一种可以大量生产的步枪，让无产阶级武装起来，以保护自己免受压迫。

Some, like the AKM and the AK-74, retained the core principles of Kalashnikov's original design, while others, like the RPK and the PK machine guns, branched out into new roles and capabilities.

有些，如 AKM 和 AK-74，保留了卡拉什尼科夫最初设计的核心原则，而另一些，如 RPK 和 PK 机枪，则分支出新的角色和能力。