 | Murder Most Russian: True Crime and Punishment in Late Imperial Russia Subjects: Murder -- Russia -- History; Trials (Murder) -- Russia -- History; Sociological jurisprudence -- Russia -- History; Detective and mystery stories Russian -- History and criticism; Murder in mass media; Looking to the trials of infamous murderers in late imperial Russia to reveal its cultural values, social norms, and political expectations. Louise McReynolds is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era , also from Cornell, and The News under Russia's Old Regime. |
