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Александр Николаевич Радищев

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev

Moscow 1749 - St. Petersburg 1802
Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great
(Wikipedia)

G.G. Sorokin
1962

Moscow - Москва / Александр Николаевич Радищев

Description

Stone commemorative plaque with half-length portrait.

Inscription(s)

В этом доме в сентябре-октябре
1790 году находился под стражей
на пути в сибирскую ссылку
писатель-революционный просветитель
Александр Николаевич Радищев

In this house, in September and October
1790, was in custody
on the road to Siberian exile
the writer and revolutionary educator
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev

Artist

G.G. Sorokin - Г.Г. Сорокин.

Sources & Information

Mosday, Мемориальные Доски .
Clow.ru, Монументальная летопись, file 42.

Location (N 55°45'20" - E 37°37'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ru062; Photograph: 9 July 2011
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