Abstract
The article presents changes introduced in the Russian military and civic jurisdiction with respect
to duels of honour from the eighteenth century through the beginning of the twentieth century. All
legal regulations passed during this period are discussed, concentrating on the system of punishments,
types of courts, defi nitions of duels as a crime, as well as the everyday procedures of courts
in these matters. The question of the socio-cultural specifi city of duels in the Tsarist army, ways
of their organisation, and the goals of participants are discussed as well.
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