The Death Penalty in Russia by Mikhail Bakunin

Article can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mikhail-bakunin-the-death-penalty-in-russia This article was written to expose state oppression in the Russian Empire. Bakunin had been sent to St Petersburg's infamous Peter and Paul Fortress before escaping imprisonment and Russian Imperial territory by crossing through Siberia to a ship heading for Japan.