Michael Lunin

Mikhail Sergeyevich Lunin (Russian: Михаил Сергееич Лунин; * 18 Dezemberjul / December 29 1787greg in Saint Petersburg, .. .. † 21 Novemberjul / December 3 1845greg in Akatui, Transbaikalia ) was a publicist, dissidents and political prisoners in Russia during the reign of Tsar Nikolai I..

Lunin grew after childhood in the province from 1793 in the immediate vicinity of his uncle Mikhail Nikititch Murawjow on, one of the most learned men of that time ( he was then tutor to the Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and Constantine Pavlovich, later Deputy Minister of Education ), who personally very concerned about the Mikhail tried Education Lunins ( choice of teachers, etc.). As was customary, the career of a young man of good needle in the Imperial Guard began. Mikhail Lunin must prove itself 1805-1807 at Austerlitz and Prussian Eylau, takes part in the battles against Napoleon 1812-15 and excited, like many young intellectuals of his time, for freer and fairer societies, as they are represented by Russia. After an attempt to make as a writer in Paris independently (1816 /17), he returns back to Russia, visited England and became a member of the Welfare Federation of Decembrists (up to 1820). To demonstrate its belonging to the best of his time, he stood in April 1826 the Commission of Inquiry in St. Petersburg, which conducted research on 14 December 1825 Causes and accomplices of the insurrection. ( Expressed in 1816 ) for his beliefs and the demonstrated intention of the Emperor murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment Category II forced labor in Siberia. Before he took the penalty, which was initially relieved to Decree of July 10, 1826 at 20 years of hard labor, he had to serve two years imprisonment in Suomenlinna and Vyborg in the Peter and Paul Fortress. After his settlement in Urik ( near Irkutsk ) on 16 June 1836, he continued to work and secretly to oppositional writings. When they became aware of it, he was arrested again on March 27, 1841. He was taken this time to Akatui in the southeastern Transbaikal region today, where there was 1832-1917 with a lead and silver mine a notorious Verbannungsgefängnis ( hard labor ). Here he died on December 3, 1845 under mysterious circumstances.

Lunin is considered one of the most ardent champions of a reformed Russia in the Dekabristenkreisen. He was a cousin of the Decembrist Nikita Murawjow (1795-1843), as well as, inter alia, a friend of the writer Alexander Pushkin and Hippolyte Auger. His letters from Siberia are an important historical document.

Further work Mikhail Lunins:

• Consideration of the Russian secret society of the years 1816-1826
• Assessment of the report of the Secret Commission of Inquiry on the Lord Emperor in 1826
• Historical Studies
• A look at the Polish affairs from the perspective of Mr Ivanov, a member of the secret society united Slavs

Literature ( German ):

• Joachim Winsmann " Lunin "; A life drama from the Dekabristenzeit, Norderstedt 2011 (ISBN 978-3-8334-9186-3 )