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A member of the nobility who had been educated abroad |
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"A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow"
(1790) |
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Portrayed the injustices of serfdom and criticised
Russia’s autocratic government |
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The practice of forced marriages between serfs |
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Auction sales of serfs |
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The pressing of serfs into the army even when they were the sole
support of their families |
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He was the first Russian writer to condemn serfdom clearly and
publicly |
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“Worse than Pugachev!” (Catherine the Great) |
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Radishchev was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to
penal servitude for life in Siberia |
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Alexander I granted Radishchev his royal forgiveness |
