The Russian Revolution got the communists in power.
The communists got the Nazis in power.
The inevitable war killed millions, and Russia came out as a world power.
Kalashnikov took an idea from the STG- 44, and made it so simple an 8 year old illiterate farm kid could use it.
What sparked all this? Money, bread, pointless war by the government.
(moral of the story - economics drives change, and ultimately gave us the AK-47)
Betcha none of your Gangsta Rapper dumbasses can rhyme as good as history does.
Invest in brass and lead.