Valery Afanasyev

Wounded as a tank driver in 1941 during World War II, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts making improvements and in 1947 ends up creating the AK-47 assault...

A boy from a remote village overcomes wartime hardships and post-war devastation to establish the Group A anti-terrorist unit, later known as Alpha Group, tracing his journey from a fatherless childhood to founding an elite force.