«From the Punishment Cell to the Convertible»: an Analysis of V.F. Kostyurin Escape from the Odessa Mounted Gendarme Barracks
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.010
Abstract
The article examines the case of the escape of revolutionary Viktor Fyodorovich Kostyurin from the Odessa mounted gendarme barracks in March 1877. Based on archival records and personal sources (memoirs, reports, interrogation protocols, and official correspondence), the sequence of escape events that led to an internal investigation is reconstructed. Special attention is paid to the actions of the escape organizers, violations in the organization of the guard, and the reaction of the gendarme command. Through an analysis of the daily practice of supervision, conditions of detention and disciplinary measures taken after the incident, the specifics of the functioning of gendarme barracks as places of temporary detention in cases of State crimes are revealed.
About the Author
А. Насретдинов
Сургутский государственный педагогический университет
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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«From the Punishment Cell to the Convertible»: an Analysis of V.F. Kostyurin Escape from the Odessa Mounted Gendarme Barracks. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(3(96)):98-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.3.96.010
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