Russia will be teaching school children how to disassemble and reassemble the AK47 as a tribute to the inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov who would have been 100 November 10th this year.
The lessons can take on different formats, depending on the school’s resources, the manual states. These include everything from reading books written by Kalashnikov to comparing his well-known rifles with American weapons, like the M-16 according to Business Insider. In some schools, students will also learn how to assemble and disassemble the Russian assault rifle at speed.
A document posted to the Russian Bank of provides guidance of the curriculum. You can see the document here (This will require you to right click and translate to english) The website also provides a PDF file.
The Russian News site Meduza reports that Russia’s Education Ministry has released the methodological guidelines for schoolteachers to use on November 10, the 100th anniversary of Mikhail Kalashnikov’s birth. The guidelines call for a nationwide lesson on the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, arguing that such a class will foster patriotism, help schoolchildren form a Russian identity, allow them to understand the value of defending their fatherland, and facilitate interest in military service down the line.
The Ministry’s guidelines included several potential formats for the recommended anniversary lessons. They ranged from simply reading Kalashnikov’s writings and interviews in humanities classes to comparing his rifles with American M-16s to assembling and disassembling AK-47s and AK-74s should those weapons be available. The lesson guidelines for high schoolers in their final two years also call for a discussion of Kalashnikov’s 2012 letter to Patriarch Kirill, in which the engineer expressed regret for the deaths…
Keep this in mind, these types of classes don’t just happen in Russia.They have been happening for awhile in countries like in Israel, Switzerland, the middle east, and a few other countries. While their children are learning how to fight and defend themselves ours are too busy learning what is politically correct and how to be offended…
