]
[Footnote 74: General Romanoff, distinguished in the wars against the
Turks, vanquished them at Larga and Kazoul, 1772.
[Footnote 74: General Romanoff, distinguished in the wars against the
Turks, vanquished them at Larga and Kazoul, 1772.
Pushkin - Daughter of the Commandant
This
This barbarous custom has been abolished by the Tzar Alexander. ]
[Footnote 62: Daughter of another Commandant of a Fort, whom Pugatchef
outraged and murdered. ]
[Footnote 63: Name of a robber celebrated in the preceding century, who
fought long against the Imperial troops. ]
[Footnote 64: In the torture by fire the accused is tied hand and foot;
he is then fixed on a long pole, as upon a spit, being held at either
end by two men; his bare back is roasted over the fire. He is then
examined and abjured by a writer to confess, and any depositions he may
make are taken down. ]
[Footnote 65: Slight skirmish, wherein the advantage remained with
Pugatchef. ]
[Footnote 66: Frederick, son of Frederick; name given to Frederick the
Great by the Russian soldiery. ]
[Footnote 67: Title of a superior officer. ]
[Footnote 68: Hazard game at cards. ]
[Footnote 69: Diminutive of Emelian. ]
[Footnote 70: Little summer carriage. ]
[Footnote 71: Fedor Poushkin, a noble of high rank, ancestor of the
author, was executed on a charge of treason by Petr' Alexiovitch the
Great. ]
[Footnote 72: Leaders of the Russian faction against John Ernest, Duc de
Biren, Grand Chamberlain, and favourite of the Tzarina, Anne Ivanofna.
Both were executed in a barbarous manner. ]
[Footnote 73: Anna, daughter of Blaize.
]
[Footnote 74: General Romanoff, distinguished in the wars against the
Turks, vanquished them at Larga and Kazoul, 1772. He died 1796. ]
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This barbarous custom has been abolished by the Tzar Alexander. ]
[Footnote 62: Daughter of another Commandant of a Fort, whom Pugatchef
outraged and murdered. ]
[Footnote 63: Name of a robber celebrated in the preceding century, who
fought long against the Imperial troops. ]
[Footnote 64: In the torture by fire the accused is tied hand and foot;
he is then fixed on a long pole, as upon a spit, being held at either
end by two men; his bare back is roasted over the fire. He is then
examined and abjured by a writer to confess, and any depositions he may
make are taken down. ]
[Footnote 65: Slight skirmish, wherein the advantage remained with
Pugatchef. ]
[Footnote 66: Frederick, son of Frederick; name given to Frederick the
Great by the Russian soldiery. ]
[Footnote 67: Title of a superior officer. ]
[Footnote 68: Hazard game at cards. ]
[Footnote 69: Diminutive of Emelian. ]
[Footnote 70: Little summer carriage. ]
[Footnote 71: Fedor Poushkin, a noble of high rank, ancestor of the
author, was executed on a charge of treason by Petr' Alexiovitch the
Great. ]
[Footnote 72: Leaders of the Russian faction against John Ernest, Duc de
Biren, Grand Chamberlain, and favourite of the Tzarina, Anne Ivanofna.
Both were executed in a barbarous manner. ]
[Footnote 73: Anna, daughter of Blaize.
]
[Footnote 74: General Romanoff, distinguished in the wars against the
Turks, vanquished them at Larga and Kazoul, 1772. He died 1796. ]
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