Selected Speeches

This collection includes the most famous speeches of F. N. Plevako, which are not only examples of oratory and legal skill but also represent captivating stories.

What mitigating circumstances can be found for Mother Mitrophania, who cynically pocketed huge sums from the trusting parishioners?

How can one justify Prince Gruzinsky, who shot the young governor of his children in front of witnesses?
How to unravel the tangled family drama that unfolded in the estate of the Lukashevich landowners, and the audacious theft of securities from the wealthy Galich?

And what was really at the heart of the scandalous trial of Officer Bartenev, who killed the beautiful actress – a trial that inspired Bunin to write the brilliant story "The Case of Cornet Elagin"?