On the issue of suicides in Russian prisons (last quarter of the 19th - early 20th centuries)

Kosikov Alexander Nikolaevich

The article attempts to understand the reasons for the suicide of prisoners in prisons of the Russian Empire in the last quarter of the 19th and early 20th centuries, both political and social, as well as to compare points of view on this topic.

Keywords:Russian Empire, last quarter of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, prison, suicides of prisoners