AK-47 inventor wanted to be a poet
Would the world be any different if the guy who invented the AK-47 had decided to make poetry his most powerful weapon instead? Apparently, it’s worth wondering about. According to the BBC, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the father of the AK-47 assault rifle, “wanted to be a poet in his youth”:
Russian celebrities and politicians have been paying tribute to Mikhail Kalashnikov, who turned 90 on Tuesday, at a Kremlin reception. [...]
At the ceremony, President Dimitry Medvedev handed Mr Kalashnikov the prestigious Hero of Russia award.
Accepting the award, he fired off a brief patriotic poem he wrote. [...]
“I wrote poetry in my youth, and people thought I would become a poet. But I didn’t become one,” he told reporters.
“There are many bad poets out there without me. I went along a different path,” he said.
Unfortunately, BBC didn’t include Kalashnikov’s patriotic poem.
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