Kalashnik (surname)

This article is about a surname. For other meanings, see Kalashnik.

Kalashnik is a Russian and occupational surname, meaning "maker of kalaches". A man who made kalaches was called a калачник (kalachnik), which sometimes by sandhi effect became калашник (kalashnik). 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 (born 1983), Russian professional football player of Ukrainian descent.
• Anna Kalashnyk (born 1992), Ukrainian artistic gymnast
• Pavlo Kalashnik [uk] (1847–1909), traditional Ukrainian artisan, potter.
• Sergey Kalashnik (born 1978), Russian politician.
• Stanislav Kalashnik [uk] (1948–2010), Ukrainian architect, artist, known for creating a general plan for the development of the city of Ternopil between 1982 and 2002.
• Volodymyr Kalashnik [uk] (1936–2022), Ukrainian linguist, professor and academic.
• Yakiv Kalashnik [uk] (1927–1967), Ukrainian painter.