Mikhail Kalashnikov

All that is too complex is unnecessary,
and it is simple that is needed 

A friend asked me some advise, he wanted to know how to add some awards Mr Kalashnikov had received. I challenged him to write something about it. I am happy to publish it. :)
Thanks,
      GerardM

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov is best known as the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle. He died on December 23, invoking a host of volunteers working on his Wikipedia entry in numerous languages.  

Moreover Kalashnikov is an interesting subject for Wikidata: he received +50 decorations, awards, medals and other honours which allow us to perform queries or populate infoboxes.  

But there is more to the Russian small arms designer. The 6 books he wrote, his participation in WW2 and basic information about his family are not added to Wikidata so far. 

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