Picture No | 10102648 |
Date | circa 1750 |
Description | RUSSIAN ROBBERS HANGED |
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River bandits on the Volga, if caught, are punished in this unpleasant manner, hanging naked from barbs thrust through their flesh
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Middleton's System of Geography |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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