О повреждений нравов в России князя М. Щербатова и путешествие А. Радищева

by Aleksandr Radishchev

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First published January 1, 1858

About the author

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev, was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with the publication in 1790 of his A Journey from Saint Petersburg to Moscow. His depiction of socio-economic conditions in Russia earned him exile to Siberia until 1797.