lack of experience, but instead he confesses that he had done it voluntarily and agrees to the death penalty. The Tsar, amazed by the merchant's sincerity, fulfills his last wish: to take care of his family. Adaptations The Merchant Kalashnikov - opera by Anton Rubinstein Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov (film) - 1909 Russian film directed by Vasily Goncharov External links Full text of The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov in the original Russian Full text of The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov in English translation 1838 poems Cultural depictions of Ivan the Terrible Poetry by Mikhail Lermontov Historical poems