A Purely Russian Crime: The Most High-Profile and Mysterious Criminal Cases of the 18th – 20th Centuries
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A Purely Russian Crime: The Most High-Profile and Mysterious Criminal Cases of the 18th – 20th Centuries
9.99 €
The new book by the well-known human rights activist and journalist Eva Merkacheva, the author of the bestselling books "Loud Cases", "Grad of the Doomed" and "Who in Russia Should Sit Well", tells about the most interesting criminal cases - from those that made headlines throughout Russia to those that were classified (until recently). It includes court proceedings of tsarist times, including trials of sorcerers and poisoners. For the first time published unique court materials related to Leo Tolstoy - justice of the peace, juror and... accused of murder. You will learn about the trials of the executioner of Lieutenant Schmidt and the high-profile case of the inventor of the termenvox Termen, read about justice in besieged and post-blockade Leningrad, as well as the high-profile postwar trials.
The author has painstakingly collected materials on the murders of Soviet citizens in peaceful years, which stirred up the whole country - such as the case of Raskin, the terrorist attack on the Kotlyakovo cemetery and the mysterious death of the expedition on Dyatlov Pass. The book includes the high-profile cases of Joseph Brodsky's truancy and the Ovechkin family of many children about the hijacking of an airplane in the 1980s.
The book is written in the genre of court essays and contains unique archival materials, including illustrative materials, many of which have never been published before.
The author has painstakingly collected materials on the murders of Soviet citizens in peaceful years, which stirred up the whole country - such as the case of Raskin, the terrorist attack on the Kotlyakovo cemetery and the mysterious death of the expedition on Dyatlov Pass. The book includes the high-profile cases of Joseph Brodsky's truancy and the Ovechkin family of many children about the hijacking of an airplane in the 1980s.
The book is written in the genre of court essays and contains unique archival materials, including illustrative materials, many of which have never been published before.
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