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The Russian designer who created one of the world's most prolific killing machines is said to have wrestled with remorse before his death. Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 assault rifle that bears his name.
Kalashnikov was 94 when he died in December. The Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that he wrote a letter to the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. He asked Patriarch Kirill whether he was to blame for the deaths caused by the AK-47. Kirill told him the church supported him and the Russian soldiers who used the gun, because they were protecting the fatherland.
The assault rifle's durability, ease of handling, and low manufacturing cost made it popular around the world. The human rights group Amnesty International describe the gun as "the world's favorite killing machine."