Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву by Alexander Radishchev
A travelogue framed as a journey between two major cities, in which the narrator records encounters with a cross-section of society and uses vivid scenes, dialogues and moral reflection to expose the brutality of serfdom, judicial abuses, bureaucratic cruelty and social hypocrisy; the work blends satire, personal lament and Enlightenment argument to call for compassion, legal and social reform and respect for human dignity while challenging prevailing autocratic assumptions.
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- Published
- 1790
- Nationality
- Russian
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- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
- Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
- Puteshestvie iz Peterburga v Moskvu
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