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Yury Miloslavsky, or the Russians in 1612
Yury Miloslavsky
also: Юрий Милославский
Mikhail Zagoskin's patriotic historical novel (1829), one of the most popular Russian novels of its era; Parfeny Savvich forced literate serfs to memorize or shout-read it from the rooftop as a form of punishment.
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- At the Almshouse for the Incurable and the Aged §50 'Yury Miloslavsky'
Mikhail Zagoskin's patriotic historical novel (1829), wildly popular and a byword for old-fashioned, dutiful reading -- forcing literate serfs to bellow it from the rooftop turns a beloved book into an instrument of humiliation.