Princess M.A. Shcherbatova as the alleged culprit of the duel between E. de Barant AND M.YU. Lermontov. Criminological portrait
The circumstances of the duel between the French baron Ernest de Barant and the lieutenant M.Yu. Lermontov on February 18, 1840 as a special operation of the French embassy to eliminate the great Russian poet. The role of Princess M.A. Shcherbatova in the preparation of the special operation, it is noted that M.Yu. Lermontov and the princess were not connected by any personal relationship. The opinion of the editorial board of the journal does not coincide in everything with the opinion of the authors of the article.