Murder Most Russian: True Crime and Punishment in Late Imperial Russia

by Louise McReynolds

How a society defines crimes and prosecutes criminals illuminates its cultural values, social norms, and political expectations. In Murder Most Russian, Louise McReynolds uses a fascinating series of murders and subsequent trials that took place in the wake of the 1864 legal reforms enacted by Tsar Alexander II to understand the impact of these reforms on Russian society before the Revolution of 1917. For the first time in Russian history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451450
• ISBN13: 9780801451454
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher