Ruptly TV on YouTube reports on the unveiling of the 30 feet stature of Mikhail Kalashnikove, the inventor of the AK-47 in Moscow... "A monument honouring the creator of the famous AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, was unveiled on Russia's Day of the Gunsmith, in central Moscow, Tuesday.

The 7.5-metre (24.6-feet) monument, which depicts the iconic Russian gun inventor holding his rifle with both hands, was installed at the junction of Sadovaya-Karetnaya and Dolgorukovskaya streets on September 16."