
The 17-year-old Pyotr Andreyich is sent by his father to military service in a remote Russian outpost, where he leans honor and love while being caught up in a violent uprising of tribal groups against the imperial government. Russian Romance (Pushkin)/The Captains Daughter < Russian Romance (Pushkin) Russian Romance Russian Romance (1875) by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Ekaterina Telfer Chapter I sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774.

"The Daughter of the Commandant" (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, and is considered to be his finest prose work. Marya Ivanovna is both terrified and awed by The Empress, who has absolute power to grant pardon to her beloved Pyotr Andreyich.

Download cover art Download CD case insert The Daughter of the Commandant are described as half-savages who must be kept in submission by the government (Pushkin 47).
