The famous lawyer plevako Fedor Nikiforovich brief information. Fedor Plevako: Robin Hood of the Russian Bar

Fedor Nikiforovich was born April 25, 1842 in the city of Troitsk, Orenburg province (today - Chelyabinsk region). The Plevako family moved to Moscow in the summer of 1851.

The father of Fyodor Nikiforovich was a Polish nobleman Vasily Ivanovich Plevak, and his mother was a Kyrgyz serf of Kazakh origin Ekaterina Stepanova (née Ulmesek). The patronymic Nikiforovich was taken from the name of the godfather of his older brother. Parents were not married in a church, so Fedor was considered illegitimate. Later, it was precisely because of this that he had problems with studying at a commercial school. According to some sources, for the most part, it was thanks to the mother, who lost her health in solving these problems, that she managed to continue her studies, but already in the gymnasium. For these concerns, Fedor was grateful to his mother all his life. I think it was for this reason that in the future, from his speeches in court about the mothers of his clients, tears welled up in the eyes of even the guards.

Later, Fedor Nikiforovich graduated from the course at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, after which he changed his father's surname, Plevak, to Plevako. By the way, Fedor Nikiforovich himself pronounced his last name as PlevakO. In 1870, Plevako entered the class of attorneys at law in the district of the Moscow Court of Justice, soon after which he became famous.

Fedor Nikiforovich became famous as a talented judicial orator. This article would not be complete without mentioning court cases Plevako, so I will cite two of his most famous speeches.

The court considered the case of the theft of a teapot worth 30 kopecks. The perpetrator was an honorary elderly citizen. The prosecutor pointed out that, indeed, the criminal causes pity, however, private property is sacred and unshakable. Therefore, if the jury will acquit the old woman, then the revolutionaries must be acquitted. It was felt that the jury was in complete agreement with the prosecutor. Plevako's speech was quite brief: “Russia had to endure many troubles, many trials for more than a thousand years of existence. Pechenegs tormented her, Polovtsy, Tatars, Poles. Twelve languages ​​fell upon her, they took Moscow. Russia endured everything, overcame everything, only grew stronger and grew from trials. But now... The old woman stole an old teapot worth 30 kopecks. Russia, of course, will not withstand this, it will perish irrevocably from this ... ".

The case of the murder of a man of his wife was considered. When the word was given to Plevako, he said: "Gentlemen of the jury!" The hall became quieter. And Plevako again: "Gentlemen of the jury!" There is silence in the hall. However, Fyodor Nikiforovich repeated his appeal: "Gentlemen of the jury!" until not only the hall, but also the judge, the prosecutor and the assessors boiled with indignation, believing what was happening to be a clear mockery. Then Plevako remarked: “Gentlemen, you could not stand even 15 minutes of my experiment. And what was it like for this unfortunate man to listen to 15 years unfair reproaches and the irritated itching of his quarrelsome wife over every insignificant trifle?! According to the information that has come down to us, at the end of the speech, the audience gave a standing ovation.

In order to adequately describe the strength of his talent, I will quote the words of another famous lawyer of that time - Anatoly Fedorovich Koni, said about Plevako: “His movements were uneven and sometimes awkward; his lawyer's tailcoat sat awkwardly on him, and his whispering voice seemed to run counter to his vocation as an orator. But in this voice there were notes of such strength and passion that he captured the listener and conquered him ... In Plevako's speeches, cases, with their evidence and evidence, always towered over the everyday situation, like a beacon, common beginnings sometimes illuminating the path, sometimes helping to find it.

They went to Plevako's trials like a theater to hear this man and make sure that the popular rumor about him was true. He was loved, admired.

The main reason for the success of Fedor Nikiforovich, and the popularity resulting from it (and not only in the legal community), in my opinion, is quite simple. He just loved his job, which, no doubt, has great value. Without this, it would not have been possible to achieve what he managed. As another famous contemporary of Plevako, Vladimir Solovyov, said: “It is impossible to produce something truly great in any sphere of human activity, if there is no complete certainty that this particular sphere is the most important and worthy, that activity in it has an independent and infinite value."

You can’t tell about everything, but in the end I would also like to briefly mention a number of facts from the life and work of Fyodor Nikiforovich, which, in my humble opinion, deserve attention.

In 1874, Plevako translated and published a course on Roman civil law by G.F. Pukhta.

After 1894, Plevako's assistant was Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov, in the future - a famous opera singer, who also graduated from the law faculty of Moscow University.

When Fyodor Nikiforovich died, oh bottom of Russian newspapers On December 24, 1908 (according to the old style), she wrote the following obituary: “Yesterday Russia lost its Cicero, and Moscow lost its Chrysostom.

After the reburial of Plevako on Vagankovsky cemetery, from 1929 to 2003 a simple oak cross stood on his grave.

Talented court orators, able to catch up with Fedor Nikiforovich, in the future, Russia no longer knew. Will she ever see them? I really want to hope.

Acted as a defender on large political processes:

• The Case of the Luthoric Peasants (1880)
• The Case of the Sevsk Peasants (1905)
• The case of the strike of factory workers of the Association of S. Morozov (1886) and others.
• Bartenev case
• Gruzinsky case
• Case of Lukashevich
• Case Maksimenko
• The case of the workers of the Konshinsky factory
• Zamyatnin case
• Case Zasulich (attributed to Plevako, in fact, P.A. Aleksandrov was the defender)

Biography

Fedor Plevako was born on April 13 (25), 1842 in the city of Troitsk, Orenburg province.

According to some information, F.N. Plevako was the son of a nobleman (Pole) and a Kyrgyz serf of Kaysat (Kazakh) origin. Father - court adviser Vasily Ivanovich Plevak, mother - serf Ekaterina Stepanova (nee "Ulmesek", from Kazakh "undying"). The parents were not in an official church marriage, so their two children - Fedor and Dormidont - were considered illegitimate. There were four children in the family, but two died in infancy. The patronymic Nikiforovich was taken by the name of Nikifora - godfather his older brother. Later, Fedor entered the university with his father's surname Plevak, and after graduating from the university he added the letter "o" to it, and he called himself with an emphasis on this letter: Plevako ?.

The Plevakov family moved to Moscow in the summer of 1851. In the fall, the brothers were sent to the Commercial School on Ostozhenka. The brothers studied well, especially Fedor became famous for his mathematical abilities. By the end of the first year of study, the names of the brothers were listed on the "golden board" of the school. And six months later, Fedor and Dormidont were expelled as illegitimate. In the autumn of 1853, thanks to their father's long troubles, Fedor and Dormidont were admitted to the 1st Moscow Gymnasium on Prechistenka - immediately into the 3rd grade. By the way, in the same year, Pyotr Kropotkin also entered the gymnasium, and also in the third grade. Many Russian figures who later became famous studied at the same school.

Plevako's advocacy took place in Moscow, which left its mark on him. And the ringing of bells in Moscow churches, and the religious mood of the Moscow population, and the eventful past of Moscow, and its current customs resonated in court speeches Plevako. They abound with texts of Holy Scripture and references to the teachings of the holy fathers. Nature endowed Plevako with a wonderful gift of words.

There was no speaker in Russia more peculiar. Plevako's first court speeches immediately revealed a huge oratorical talent. In the process of Colonel Kostrubo-Koritsky, heard in the Ryazan District Court (1871), Plevako was opposed by the barrister prince A. I. Urusov, whose passionate speech excited the listeners. Plevako had to erase an unfavorable impression for the defendant. He countered the harsh attacks with sound objections, a calm tone, and a rigorous analysis of the evidence. In all its splendor and original strength, Plevako's oratorical talent was shown in the case of Abbess Mitrofania, who was accused in the Moscow District Court (1874) of forgery, fraud and embezzlement of other people's property. In this process, Plevako acted as a civil plaintiff, denouncing hypocrisy, ambition, criminal inclinations under a monastic cassock. Also noteworthy is Plevako's speech on the case of a 19-year-old girl, Kachka, who was heard in the same court, in 1880, accused of murdering a student Bayroshevsky, with whom she was in love.

Often, Plevako spoke in cases of factory riots and in his speeches in defense of workers accused of resisting the authorities, of rampage and destruction of factory property, aroused a feeling of compassion for unfortunate people, "exhausted physical labor, with spiritual forces dead from inaction, in contrast to us, minions of fate, brought up from the cradle in the concept of goodness and in full abundance. In his court speeches, Plevako avoided excesses, argued with tact, demanding from his opponents "equality in the struggle and battle with equal weapons." Being a speaker-improviser, relying on the power of inspiration, Plevako delivered, along with excellent speeches, relatively weak ones. Sometimes, in the same process, one speech of his was strong, the other was weak (for example, in the case of Merenville). In his younger years, Plevako was also engaged in scientific work: in 1874 he translated into Russian and published a course on Roman civil law Pukhta. His assistant was after 1894 famous singer L. V. Sobinov. According to his political views, he belonged to the "Union of October 17".

Plevako owned an apartment building on Novinsky Boulevard, and this house was named as Plevako's house - and it is still called so.

Fedor Nikiforovich Plevako died on December 23, 1908 (January 5, 1909), at the age of 67, in Moscow. Plevako was buried with a huge gathering of people of all strata and conditions in the cemetery of the Sorrowful Monastery.

In 1929, it was decided to close the monastery cemetery, and organize a playground in its place. The remains of Plevako, by decision of the relatives, were reburied at the Vagankovsky cemetery. Since then, an ordinary oak cross stood on the grave of the great Russian lawyer - until 2003, when donations from famous Russian lawyers an original bas-relief depicting F.N. Plevako was created.

F.N. Plevako had two sons (from different wives), who were named the same - Sergey Fedorovich. Later, both Sergei Fedorovich Plevako became lawyers and practiced in Moscow, which often caused confusion.

Popular rumor has turned the word "Plevako" into a symbol of the highest professionalism. And if someone needed a good lawyer, they said "I will find myself a Gobber", linking with this word-name the idea of ​​a defender, whose skill one could fully rely on.

All of Russia went before the lawyer Plevako in lawsuits. Workers and peasants, industrialists and financiers, local nobility and princes, confessors and military men, students and revolutionaries - all believed in the power of his mighty word and the unusualness of his personality.

Plevako lost his first case. Nevertheless, from a detailed report on the case in Moskovskie Vedomosti, his name became known, and a few days later Plevako got his first client - an unsightly peasant with a case of 2000 rubles. Plevako won this case and, having earned a solid sum of 200 rubles for himself, acquired the most necessary thing at that time - his own tailcoat.

A.P. wrote about the conquering power of the Plevakin word. Chekhov: “The plevako approaches the music stand, looks at the jury for half a minute and begins to speak. His speech is even, soft, sincere ... There are a lot of figurative expressions, good thoughts and other beauties ... fire ... No matter how much Plevako says, you can always listen to him without boredom ... "

Wit, resourcefulness, instant reaction to the opponent's remarks, sarcasm shown to the point - all these qualities were vividly demonstrated by an outstanding speaker.

Plevako had a habit of beginning his speech in court with the phrase: "Gentlemen, it could have been worse." And no matter what case the lawyer got, he did not change his phrase. Once Plevako undertook to defend a man who had raped his own daughter. The hall was packed, everyone was waiting for the lawyer to start his defense speech. Is it from your favorite phrase? Incredible. But Plevako stood up and calmly said: "Gentlemen, it could have been worse." And then the judge himself could not stand it. "What," he cried, "tell me, what could be worse than this abomination?" "Your Honor," Plevako asked, "what if he raped your daughter?"

A textbook example was the case of an old woman who stole a tin kettle worth 50 kopecks. At the trial, the prosecutor, knowing that Plevako would defend the old woman, decided in advance to paralyze the impact of his forthcoming speech and himself said everything that could be used to mitigate the sentence: an old sick woman, bitter need, an insignificant theft, the accused arouses pity, not indignation. Yet property, the prosecutor stressed, is sacred, and if it is allowed to be encroached upon, the country will perish.

After listening to the speech of the prosecutor, Plevako got up and said: “Russia had to endure many troubles and trials for more than a thousand years of existence. The Pechenegs tormented her, the Polovtsy, the Tatars, the Poles. she grew stronger and grew from trials. But now, now ... the old woman has stolen a teapot worth fifty kopecks. Russia, of course, will not be able to withstand this, she will perish irrevocably from this. Plevako's ingenious impromptu saved the woman from prison, the court acquitted her.

According to contemporaries, the main strength of his speeches was in influencing the feelings of listeners, his ability to "see" jurors and judges and make them follow him, cause them to delight or tears, thereby confirming the correctness of Horace's expression: "Cry yourself if you want to make me cry."

It is not surprising that Plevako's passionate, pictorial performances not only triumphantly saved, but also killed. Indicative in this regard was the case of a certain Frolov, manager of the Moscow hotel Chernogoria, who was prosecuted for arbitrariness.
One girl came to Moscow from the provinces and stayed at this hotel, taking a separate room on the third floor. It was already past midnight when the tipsy Frolov decided to pay her a "visit". The girl, awakened by a knock, refused the demand to let him in, after which, on the orders of Frolov, the floor polishers began to break the door. At that moment, when the door cracked, a girl in one shirt jumped out of the window in 25-degree frost. Fortunately for her, there was a lot of snow in the yard, and she did not hurt herself to death, although she broke her arm.

When considering the case in court, the accusatory side "naively" refused to understand what the girl was so afraid of and why she jumped out of the window at the risk of her life.

The perplexity of the prosecutor was resolved by Plevako, who defended the interests of the victim. His speech was short and boiled down to drawing the following parallel: “In distant Siberia,” Plevako said, “in the dense taiga there is an animal that fate has awarded with a fur coat as white as snow. This is an ermine. on the way there is a dirty puddle that there is no time to pass, he prefers to surrender to the enemy than to soil his snow-white fur coat. And I understand why the victim jumped out the window. " Without adding another word, Plevako sat down. However, more was not required of him. The judges sentenced Frolov to death.

The priest was tried. He screwed up nicely. Guilt has been proven. The defendant confessed to everything. Plevako got up. "Gentlemen of the jury! The matter is clear. The prosecutor is absolutely right in everything. The defendant committed all these crimes and confessed to them himself. What is there to argue about? confess your sins. Now he is waiting for you to forgive him his sins." The priest was acquitted.

Once Plevako got a case about the murder of his wife by one peasant. The lawyer came to court as usual, calm and confident of success, and without any papers and cribs. And so, when the turn came to the defense, Plevako stood up and said: - Gentlemen of the jury!
The noise in the hall began to subside. Plevako again:

There was dead silence in the hall. Lawyer again:
- Gentlemen of the jury!
There was a slight rustle in the hall, but the speech did not begin. Again:
- Gentlemen of the jury!
Here in the hall swept the discontented rumble of the long-awaited long-awaited spectacle of the people. And Plevako again:
- Gentlemen of the jury!
Something incredible has begun. The hall roared along with the judge, prosecutor and assessors. And finally, Plevako raised his hand, urging the people to calm down.
- Well, gentlemen, you could not stand even 15 minutes of my experiment. And what was it like for this unfortunate peasant to listen for 15 years to unfair reproaches and irritated itching of his grumpy woman over every insignificant trifle?!
The hall froze, then burst into admiring applause. The man was acquitted.

The lawyer F.N. Plevako defended the owner of a small shop, a semi-literate woman who violated the rules on trading hours and closed the trade 20 minutes later than it was supposed to, on the eve of some religious holiday. The court hearing in her case was scheduled for 10 o'clock. The court left 10 minutes late. Everyone was there, except for the defender - Plevako. The chairman of the court ordered to find Plevako. After 10 minutes, Plevako, without hurrying, entered the hall, calmly sat down at the place of protection and opened the briefcase. The chairman of the court reprimanded him for being late. Then Plevako pulled out his watch, looked at it and declared that it was only five past ten on his watch. The chairman pointed out to him that it was already 20 past ten on the wall clock. Plevako asked the chairman: - And how much is on your watch, Your Excellency? The chairman looked and replied:
- At my fifteen minutes past eleven. Plevako turned to the prosecutor:
- And on your watch, Mr. Prosecutor? The prosecutor, obviously wishing to cause trouble for the defense counsel, replied with a sly smile:
- It's already twenty-five past ten on my watch.
He could not know what kind of trap Plevako set up for him and how much he, the prosecutor, helped the defense.
The trial ended very quickly. Witnesses confirmed that the defendant closed the shop 20 minutes late. The prosecutor asked that the defendant be found guilty. The floor was given to Plevako. The speech lasted two minutes. He declared:
- The defendant was indeed 20 minutes late. But, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, she is an old woman, illiterate, and does not know much about watches. We are literate and intelligent people. How are you doing with your watch? When the wall clock shows 20 minutes, the chairman has 15 minutes, and the prosecutor's clock has 25 minutes. Of course, Mr. Prosecutor has the most faithful watch. So my watch was 20 minutes behind, which is why I was 20 minutes late. And I always considered my watch very accurate, because I have gold, Moser.
So if Mr. Chairman, according to the prosecutor's clock, opened the session 15 minutes late, and the defense counsel appeared 20 minutes later, then how can you demand that an illiterate tradeswoman have best watch and better versed in the time than we are with the prosecutor?
The jury deliberated for one minute and acquitted the defendant.

Fedor Nikiforovich Plevako

Judicial speeches

Curriculum vitae

Plevako Fedor Nikiforovich (1842-1908) is the largest pre-revolutionary Russian lawyer, whose name is well known not only in our country, but also far beyond its borders. FN Plevako received his legal education at Moscow University. Shortly after the introduction of the Judicial Charters of 1864, he joined the bar and was a barrister at the Moscow Court of Justice. Gradually, from trial to trial, he won wide recognition and fame as an outstanding judicial orator with his smart, heartfelt speeches. He always carefully prepared for the case, knew all its circumstances well, was able to deeply analyze the evidence and show the court the inner meaning of certain phenomena. His speeches were distinguished by great psychological depth, intelligibility and simplicity. He covered the most complex human relationships, sometimes insoluble everyday situations in an accessible, understandable form for listeners, with special inner warmth. In the words of A.F. Koni, it was "... a person whose oratory turned into inspiration."

In court speeches, he did not limit himself to covering only the legal side of the case under consideration. In a number of court speeches, F.N. Plevako touched upon major social issues that were in the field of view and worried the progressive public.

One cannot forget his angry words to Abbess Mitrofania:

“A traveler walking past the high walls of the Vladychny Monastery, entrusted to the moral guidance of this woman, is piously baptized on the golden crosses of the temples and thinks that he is walking past the house of God, and in this house the morning bells raised the abbess and her servants not to prayer, but to dark deeds !

Instead of a temple, there is an exchange; instead of praying people - swindlers and buyers fake documents; prayers together - an exercise in drafting bills of exchange; instead of feats of goodness - preparation for false testimony - that's what was hidden behind the walls.

Monastery walls in our ancient cloisters hide worldly temptations from monks, but Abbess Mitrofania’s is not the same…

Higher, higher, build the walls of the communities entrusted to you, so that the world does not see the deeds that you do under the “veil of the cassock and the monastery! ..”

F. N. Plevako also touches on acute social issues in other speeches. Thus, speaking in defense of the Luthoric peasants who rebelled against inhuman exploitation and immeasurable exactions, he says;

“When we are charged with what is not due, we worry, we lose our self-control; we worry, losing either a small share of our wealth, or something acquired, reparable.

But a peasant has a rare ruble and gets it dearly. With the blood ruble taken away from him, the happiness and future of the family often go away, eternal slavery begins, eternal dependence on world-eaters and the rich. Once a broken household dies, and a laborer is condemned for life to seek, as a beneficence, work from the strong and kiss the hand that gives him a penny for labor, delivering hundreds of rubles to another benefit, kiss, like the hand of a benefactor, and cry, and ask for a new beneficence, new bondage labor for crumbs of bread and miserable rags.

Plevako never counted only on his talent. The basis of his success was great diligence, persistent work on the word and thought.

F. N. Plevako is the most colorful figure among the largest pre-revolutionary lawyers, he stood out sharply with his bright personality among the pre-revolutionary advocacy, which was not poor in talented speakers.

A.F. Koni described Plevako’s talent as follows: “... through the outward appearance of a defender, a tribune appeared, for whom the case was only an excuse and who was hindered by the fence of a particular case, which hampered the flapping of his wings, with all their inherent strength” .

Speaking of Plevako, V.V. Veresaev, in one of his memoirs, conveys the following story about him:

“His main strength lay in intonations, in a genuine, downright magical contagiousness of feeling, with which he knew how to ignite the listener. Therefore, his speeches on paper and in a remote way do not convey their tremendous power.

A priest who committed a serious crime, in which he was fully exposed, was tried, and the defendant did not deny guilt.

After the prosecutor's thunderous speech, Plevako spoke. He got up slowly, pale and agitated. His speech consisted of only a few phrases ...

“Gentlemen, jurors! The matter is clear. The prosecutor is absolutely right in everything - the defendant committed all these crimes and confessed to them. What is there to argue about? But I draw your attention to this. Before you sits a man who for THIRTY YEARS let go of all your sins in confession. Now he is waiting for you: will you forgive him his sin? And sat down. Speaking about another case, Veresaev writes:

“Prosecutors knew the power of Plevako. The old woman stole a tin teapot worth less than 50 kopecks. She was a hereditary honorary citizen and, as a member of the privileged class, was subject to a jury trial. Whether along with it or so, on a whim, Plevako acted as the protector of the old woman. The prosecutor decided in advance to paralyze the influence of Plevako's defense speech and himself expressed everything that could be said in defense of the old woman: poor old woman, bitter need, insignificant theft, the defendant does not cause indignation, but only pity. But property is sacred. All our civic amenities rest on property, if we let people shake it, the country will perish.

Plevako got up.

- Many troubles, many trials had to endure Russia for its more than a thousand years of existence. Pechenegs tormented her, Polovtsy, Tatars and Poles. Twelve languages ​​fell upon her, they took Moscow. Russia endured everything, overcame everything, only grew stronger and grew from trials. But now, now... The old lady stole an old teapot worth 30 kopecks. Russia, of course, will not withstand this, it will perish irrevocably from this.

But not only the jury succumbed to the charm of Plevako's great talent, and crown judges often found themselves in the pit of his great, strong and subtle psychological influence.

Comparisons and images of Plevako are very strong, convincing, deeply memorable. Figurative comparisons further enhance the impression of his spectacular speeches.

Plevako's speech in defense of Bartenev in the case of the murder of the actress Visnovskaya is a brilliant example of Russian judicial eloquence. It differs exclusively in psychological depth, a subtle analysis of the state of mind of the murdered and the defendant. This speech is impeccable in its style and is highly artistic. An analysis of the psychological state of a young, successful artist and the defendant is given with exceptional depth and talent.

Fedor Nikiforovich Plevako

Fedor Plevako was born on April 13 (25), 1842 in the city of Troitsk, Orenburg province.

According to some reports, F.N. Plevako was the son of a nobleman and a serf. Father - court adviser Vasily Ivanovich Plevak, mother - Ekaterina Stepanova. The parents were not in an official church marriage, so their two children - Fedor and Dormidont - were considered illegitimate.

In 1851, the Plevakov family moved to Moscow. In the fall, the brothers were sent to the Commercial School on Ostozhenka. The brothers studied well, especially Fedor became famous for his mathematical abilities. By the end of the first year of study, their names were listed on the “golden board” of the school, but six months later Fyodor and Dormidont were expelled as illegitimate. In the autumn of 1853, thanks to the efforts of their father, they were admitted to the 1st Moscow Gymnasium on Prechistenka - immediately into the 3rd grade.

In 1864, Fedor Plevako graduated from the course at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, receiving the degree of Candidate of Law.

Engaged and scientific work- translated into Russian and published in 1874 a course on Roman civil law by the German lawyer G.F. Pukhty.

In 1870, Plevako entered the class of attorneys at law in the district of the Moscow Court of Justice and soon became known as one of the best lawyers in Moscow, often not only helping the poor for free, but sometimes paying for the unforeseen expenses of poor clients.

Plevako's career took place in Moscow, which left its mark on him. The religious mood of the Moscow population and the eventful past of the city found a response in the lawyer's court speeches. They abound with texts of Holy Scripture and references to the teachings of the holy fathers. Nature endowed Plevako with a rare gift of a heartfelt, persuasive word, which he did not refuse to people seeking protection from injustice.

Examples of judicial eloquence were Plevako's speeches in the case of Abbess Mitrofania, who participated in forgery, fraud and embezzlement of other people's property (Plevako acted as a civil plaintiff), in defense of Bartenev in the case of the murder of the artist Visnovskaya (this case served as the basis for I. A. Bunin's story "The Cornet Case Yelagin"), in defense of Kachka, a 19-year-old girl suspected of killing a student Bayroshevsky, with whom she was in love. Fedor Nikiforovich Plevako spoke on cases of peasant unrest, factory riots (about a strike at the factory of the Partnership of S. Morozov), in defense of workers accused of resisting the authorities and destroying factory property.

Since 1907, he was a deputy of the 3rd State Duma from the Octobrist Party. He was a member of the party "Union of October 17" ("Octobrists") - a right-liberal political association.

Plevako's circle of friends and acquaintances included writers, actors and artists: Mikhail Vrubel, Konstantin Korovin, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vasily Surikov, Fedor Chaliapin, Maria Yermolova, Leonid Sobinov.

Plevako Career Facts- well-known political processes:

• The Case of the Luthoric Peasants (1880)
• The Case of the Sevsk Peasants (1905)
• The case of the strike of factory workers of the Association of S. Morozov (1886) and others.
• Bartenev case
• Gruzinsky case
• Case of Lukashevich
• Case Maksimenko
• The case of the workers of the Konshinsky factory
• Zamyatnin case
• Case Zasulich (attributed to Plevako, in fact, the defender was P. A. Alexandrov)

Other interesting facts:

• F.N. Plevako had two sons (from different wives), who were named the same - Sergey Fedorovich. Later, both Sergei Fedorovich Plevako became lawyers and practiced in Moscow, which often caused confusion.

• According to an alternative biography, described, for example, in V. Pikul's short story "Not from Nettle Seed", the father of F. N. Plevako was an exiled Polish revolutionary.

He died on December 23, 1908 (January 5, 1909), at the age of 67, in Moscow. famous lawyer buried in the cemetery of the Sorrowful Monastery. In 1929, it was decided to close the monastery cemetery, and organize a playground in its place. The remains of Plevako, by decision of the relatives, were reburied at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

AT this moment existsNon-commercial partnership "Foundation of Historical and cultural heritage of national jurisprudence named after F.N. Plevako.

The main goal of the Partnership is to preserve and popularize the historical and cultural heritage of the bar of the outstanding Russian lawyer F.N. Plevako, as well as assistance to members of the Partnership in the implementation of activities aimed at achieving the above goal.