This list of Russian weaponry makers includes the famous weaponry inventors and engineers of the Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Alphabetical list A Nikolay Afanasiev, developer of TKB-011 2M bullpup assault rifle C Andrey Chokhov, maker of the Tsar Cannon, the world's largest bombard by caliber D Vasily Degtyaryov, designer of Degtyaryov-series firearms, co-developer of Fedorov Avtomat, inventor of self-loading carbine Yevgeny Dragunov, designer of the Dragunov sniper rifle F Ivan Fyodorov, 16th century inventor of multibarreled mortar, introduced printing to Russia Vladimir Fyodorov, one of the chief pioneers of the battle rifle (Fedorov Avtomat) and general-purpose machine gun. G Arcadiy Georgievich Shipunov, one of the designers of GSh-18 Leonid Gobyato, inventor of modern mortar Vasiliy Grabin, designer of the ZiS-2 anti-tank gun, the best of World War II and one of the most produced in history K Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles, world's most popular (produced more than all other types of assault rifles combined) Yuly Khariton, chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb, co-developer of the Tsar Bomb Nikolai Kibalchich, pioneer of rocketry. The International Astronomical Union honoured the rocketry pioneer by naming a crater on the moon Kibal'chich. German Korobov, inventor of the TKB-022PM and TKB-059 bullpup assault rifles. Sergei Korolyov, inventor of the soviet unions intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7 Semyorka) Mikhail Koshkin, designer of T-34 medium tank, the most produced tank of World War II L Semyon Lavochkin, designer of the La-series aircraft and the first operational surface-to-air missile S-25 Berkut Nikolai Lebedenko, designer of the Tsar Tank, the largest armoured vehicle in history Dmitry Lebedev, designer of the PL-15 M Nikolay Makarov, designed the Makarov pistol, the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951 to 1991 Victor Makeev, inventor of the Soviet Unions submarine-launched ballistic missile Nestor Makhno, anarchist, legendary inventor of tachanka Alexander Morozov, designer of T-54/55 (the most produced tank in history), co-developer of T-34 Sergey Mosin, inventor of the Mosin–Nagant rifle, one of the most produced in history to this day N Alexander Nadiradze, creator of the Soviet Unions first mobile ICBM (RT-21 Temp 2S) and the Soviet Union's first reliable mobile ICBM RT-2PM Topol Andrey Nartov, polymath inventor, designed quick-firing battery and cannon telescopic sight Sergey Nepobedimy, designed the first supersonic anti-tank guided missile Sturm and other Soviet rocket weaponry Gennadiy Nikonov, inventor of the AN-94 assault rifle with