MURDER OF NERCHINSK CONVICT PRISON HEAD
The author for the first time reconstructs the picture of the murder of the prison administration high-ranking official Yulii Ivanovich Metus, which took place in Chita on May 28, 1907; studies the initial steps of the investigation on the crime detection, covers the motives of the murder named by the criminals, analyzes the situation of confrontation, which occurred in the spring of 1907 in the prison within Nerchinsk convict prison between the administration representatives and political prisoners, reveals the true reasons of crime commission, and mentions the murderer's real surname.