
Pride and Punishment
They were rich and powerful men in Russia who seemed to have everything. But it wasn''t enough for them. They conspired to replace the autocratic regime of Czar Alexander I by the codes of laws that resembled British or even American Constitution. The poet Pushkin was a friend of theirs.Their life of privilege ended after their failed attempt to establish free institutions in Russia. They caused t...
They were rich and powerful men in Russia who seemed to have everything. But it wasn''t enough for them. They conspired to replace the autocratic regime of Czar Alexander I by the codes of laws that resembled British or even American Constitution. The poet Pushkin was a friend of theirs.Their life of privilege ended after their failed attempt to establish free institutions in Russia. They caused t...