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The Makarov pistol or PM (Russian: Пистолет Макарова, romanized: Pistolet Makarova, IPA: [pʲɪstɐˈlʲet mɐˈkarəvə], lit. 'Makarov's Pistol') is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military and Militsiya side arm in 1951. [6]
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров; 22 May [O.S. 9 May] 1914 – 13 May 1988) was a Soviet firearms designer, most notable for his Makarov pistol. He was given the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1974.
Nikolai Makarov was born on 7 October 1949 in the village of Glebovo-Gorodishche [], Ryazan Oblast, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.After completing school he originally planned to attend the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, but decided to apply to the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School instead after being recommended to do so by a friend.
The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a pistol and submachine gun cartridge developed in the former USSR. During the latter half of the 20th century, it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, analogous to the 9×19mm Parabellum in NATO and Western Bloc military use.
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Andrei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1966), Russian ice hockey forward who played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk Andrey Makarov (ice hockey) (born 1993), Russian ice hockey goaltender Andrey Makarov (racewalker) (born 1971), Belarusian race walker
Makarov was born as the only child of his parents in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR [9] in 1962.. From 1979 to 1986, Makarov was a cyclist for the Soviet team, winning medals and awards, and became acquainted with Saparmurat Niyazov or Turkmenbashy [a] who ruled the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic and later Turkmenistan from 1985 to 2006.
Nikolay or Nikolai Makarov may refer to: Nikolay Makarov (firearms designer) (1914–1988), Soviet firearms designer; Nikolai Georgievich Makarov (born 1955), Russian mathematician; Nikolay Mikhaylovich Makarov (born 1948), Soviet ice hockey player; Nikolay Makarov (general) (born 1949), Russian general and Chief of the General Staff