Kalashnikov and Hitler

Commentator Viktor Gusev told a wonderful story that happened to him at the World Cup. A local South African policeman, having learned that Gusev came from Russia, said: “I only know two Russians - Kalashnikov and Hitler.” And do you know what I thought? And I thought that Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov is an absolute genius! He created, as Professor Preobrazhensky said, the “ultimate” thing. Such that you can even confuse Hitler, where he comes from and who he is, but Kalashnikov can only be Russian. Even at the ends of the earth in Africa.