Ospennikov, Y.V. Perevet and arson in the Ancient Russian law.

Abstract: Perevet (treason) is a type of crime, which only appears at the Pskov Judgement Charter and was not priorly regulated by the Ancient Russian legal sources, while the term itself and the crime as such have been existing for a long time before. This article by Y.V. Ospennikov includes analysis of this crime in the Ancient Russian law, including its comparison to arson.