Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


literature cases

«The war on literature barricades»: legal cases against press in russia during the years of the first russian Revolution

This article deals with such sort of political cases as «literature» cases. During the years of the First Russian Revolution they occupied big part in court reports on political cases. The author emphasizes that after the Name Supreme Decree to the Senate «On casual rules for periodical press» has been signed on November 24, 1905, censorship of the tsar government became harder. Special attention is paid to researching activities of Saratov jurors from the synergy “Young Bar” who stood on guard of an opposed printed word at the time.