khuchtchoff

Updated: May 25, 2025

My ancestor perished on the scaffold for conscience sake, my father fell with the martyrs Volynski and Khuchtchoff, but that a 'boyár' should forswear his oath that he should join with robbers, rascals, convicted felons, revolted slaves! Shame for ever shame on our race!"

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin - The Daughter of the Commandant