Kalashnik (surname)
Kalashnik is a Russian and occupational surname, meaning "maker of kalaches". A man who made kalaches was called a калачник, which sometimes by sandhi effect became калашник. The Ukrainian-language version is Kalashnyk. Other English-spelling variants include Kalachnik, Kalachnyk, Kalačnik, Kalašnik, Kalasnik or Kolashnik, Kolachnik, Kolashnyk, Kolachnyk, Kolačnik, Kolašnik, Kolasnik.
It may refer to the following persons:
- Aleksei Kalashnik, Russian professional football player of Ukrainian descent.
- Anna Kalashnyk, Ukrainian artistic gymnast
- , traditional Ukrainian artisan, potter.
- Sergey Kalashnik, Russian politician.
- , Ukrainian architect, artist, known for creating a general plan for the development of the city of Ternopil between 1982 and 2002.
- , Ukrainian linguist, professor and academic.
- , Ukrainian painter.