Editing Mikhail Kalashnikov (section)

==Death==
After a prolonged illness, Kalashnikov was hospitalized on 17 November 2013, in an Udmurtian medical facility in [[Izhevsk]], the capital of [[Udmurtia]] and where he lived. He died 23 December 2013, at age 94 from [[Peptic ulcer disease|gastric hemorrhage]].<ref name="rian">{{cite news |url=http://ria.ru/society/20131223/985995865.html |script-title=ru:Скончался легендарный конструктор стрелкового оружия Михаил Калашников |agency=[[RIA Novosti]] |language=ru |access-date=23 December 2013|date=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last=Alpert |first=Lukas I. |author2=Miller, Stephen |title=Designer of the Popular Kalashnikov Rifle Dies |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020704579276314199448756?mod=e2fb |access-date=23 December 2013 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="Star">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/12/23/mikhail_kalashnikov_designer_of_ak47_rifle_dead_at_94.html |title=Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47 rifle, dead at 94 |work=The Star|date= 23 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="Heintz">{{cite news |last=Heintz |first=Jim |title=Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/rifle-designer-mikhail-kalashnikov-dead-94-163848393.html |agency=Associated Press |access-date=24 December 2013|date= 23 December 2013}}</ref> In January 2014, a letter that Kalashnikov wrote six months before his death to the leader of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow|Patriarch Kirill]], was published by the Russian daily newspaper ''[[Izvestia]]''.<ref name=Izvestia>{{cite news|last=Telman|first=Denis|title=Before his death, wrote a letter of repentance Kalashnikov patriarch|newspaper=Izvestia|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> In the letter, he stated that he was suffering "spiritual pain" about whether he was responsible for the deaths caused by the weapons he created.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25709371 BBC News – Kalashnikov 'feared he was to blame' for AK-47 rifle deaths]. Bbc.co.uk (13 January 2014). Retrieved on 18 April 2014.</ref> Translated from the published letter he states, "I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I... a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths?".<ref>{{cite news | title=Kalashnikov 'feared he was to blame' for AK-47 rifle deaths | date=13 January 2014 | website=BBC | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25709371}}</ref><ref name=Izvestia/>

The patriarch wrote back, thanked Kalashnikov, and said that he "was an example of patriotism and a correct attitude toward the country". Kirill added about the design responsibility for the deaths by the rifle, "the church has a well-defined position when the weapon is defense of the Motherland, the Church supports its creators and the military, which use it."<ref name=Izvestia/>

He became one of the first people buried in the [[Federal Military Memorial Cemetery]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}