Secret Police & Russian Censorship in the 19th century
sentenced in 1849. Also in the --Idiot--he has Prince Mýshkin describe the moments before an execution. Dostoevsky had his head covered before the execution was stopped and he was sent to Siberia.
Mock executions (that the condemned believe to be real) are a thing.
The communists didn't really need to change a thing after the Civil War, did they?
elm
left extremism as a force for reactionary radicalism
no, they had a playbook.
Le plus ca change . . .
sentenced in 1849. Also in the --Idiot--he has Prince Mýshkin describe the moments before an execution. Dostoevsky had his head covered before the execution was stopped and he was sent to Siberia.
Mock executions (that the condemned believe to be real) are a thing.
The communists didn't really need to change a thing after the Civil War, did they?
elm
left extremism as a force for reactionary radicalism
no, they had a playbook.
Le plus ca change . . .