▁his ▁career , ▁Kal ash nik ov ▁designed ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 ▁models ▁of ▁small ▁weapons . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁them ▁are : ▁A K - 4 7 ▁A K M ▁A K - 7 4 ▁/ ▁A KS - 7 4 U ▁/ ▁A K - 7 4 M ▁/ ▁A KS - 7 4 ▁A K - 1 0 1 ▁/ ▁A K - 1 0 2 ▁A K - 1 0 3 ▁/ ▁A K - 1 0 4 ▁A K - 1 0 5 ▁A K - 1 2 ▁R PK ▁/ ▁R PK - 7 4 ▁PK ▁/ ▁PK M ▁/ ▁PK P ▁Sa iga ▁semi - autom atic ▁rif le ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁t ribute ▁ ▁In cor por ates ▁information ▁from ▁the ▁corresponding ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Wikipedia ▁ ▁Re cip ients ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁St . ▁Andrew ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁Order ▁of ▁Saint ▁Andrew ▁the ▁Pro to c lete ▁ ▁On ▁his ▁ 9 0 th ▁birth day ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Kal ash nik ov ▁was ▁named ▁a ▁" H ero ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁Federation " ▁and ▁presented ▁with ▁a ▁medal ▁by ▁President ▁D mit ry ▁Med ved ev ▁who ▁la ud ed ▁him ▁for ▁creating ▁" the ▁brand ▁every ▁Russian ▁is ▁proud ▁of " ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Iz he v sk ▁State ▁Techn ical ▁University ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁Kal ash