ПРОБЛЕМЫ ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЙ ДВОРЯН И КРЕСТЬЯН В ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ГУБЕРНСКОГО СУДА В РОССИИ В 1840-Х ГГ. (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ВЛАДИМИРСКОГО ГУБЕРНСКОГО СУДА)

Abstract

Based on the materials of archival data, the work of the Vladimir provincial Court in 1840-1841 is considered on the accusation of the peasant A. Zakharov in the murder of the landowner Princess P.P. Vyazemskaya. A thorough investigation conducted by the local authorities, supported by the confession of the accused, left no doubt about the guilty verdict. The testimony of the accused and witnesses who told how the princess starved the household people, how she beat and unreasonably cruelly punished the serfs could not soften the sentence. The author substantiates the court’s desire for objectification with the historical context of the preparation for the abolition of serfdom.