EVENTS AT GAVRILA DERZHAVIN’S ESTATES AFTER HIS DEMISE
The article contains documents related to peasants’ unrests at Gavrila Derzhavin’s estates after his death and the rumors of peasant liberation in accordance with the owner’s will. It presents a large selection of letters to the Derzhavins by Fyodor Karamzin, who looked after the estates and tried to pacify the rebels, a petition from the peasants to the military governor of Orenburg against the headman’s oppression, his letter to Fyodor Karamzin, as well as the Imperial Decree, handed over from Orenburg provincial government to Buzuluk district judge and solicitor with the corresponding clarifications on measures to suppress the disturbances.