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Re: "Automatic Kalashnikov"

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In Reply to: Re: "Automatic Kalashnikov" posted by Victor Khomenko on December 22, 2004 at 10:19:37:

Victor,
Your comment on Kalashnikov being "unremarkable" is interesting. There is a sense of him as a quiet, thoughtful person and also inscrutable, not very revealing, and he also seems generally modest and self-critical. Kalashnikov seems to view his achievements as inevitable as though he was only building on other designs, rather than spectacular innovation.
One of the final scenes is of him fishing on ice sitting on an old wooden box. He lands a fish about 4" long and has this quizzical "That's life" persona.
I knew something previously about K. but I found this one quite unexpectedly striking.
Cheers,
Bam

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Kalashnikov the man - Victor Khomenko 11:53:34 12/22/04 (0)
I read his book, and I also have seen his appearances on Russian TV several times. He is inarticulate and basically still repeats all the stail stuff from the Soviet era - although he has been changing slightly lately, slower than most people.
I have nothing against him, he is a product of his era, who has been absorbed in his professional activity under the warm wing of the authorities that treated him well.

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