The Death Penalty Moratorium in 18th-Century Russia

This article examines the twenty-year moratorium on the death penalty in 18th-century Russia during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna. The paper analyses the most important reasons for the unofficial abolition of capital punishment and the correlation between the decision of the empress and the event...

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Main Author: Elena Marasinova
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Ural Federal University 2019-12-01
Series:Quaestio Rossica
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Online Access:https://qr.urfu.ru/ojs/index.php/qr/article/view/3627