Here end the memoirs of Petr' Andrejitch Grineff; but family tradition
asserts that he was released from captivity at the end of the year 1774,
that he was present at the execution of Pugatchef, and that the latter,
recognizing him in the crowd, made him a farewell sign with the head
which, a few moments later, was held up to the people, lifeless and
bleeding.
Soon afterwards Petr' Andrejitch became the husband of Marya Ivanofna.
Their descendants still live in the district of Simbirsk.
In the ancestral home in the village of ---- is still shown the
autograph letter of Catherine II., framed and glazed. It is addressed to
the father of Petr' Andrejitch, and contains, with the acquittal of his
son, praises of the intellect and good heart of the Commandant's
daughter.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1: Celebrated general under Petr' Alexiovitch the Great, and
the Tzarina Anna Iwanofna; banished by her successor, the Tzarina
Elizabeth Petrofna.]
[Footnote 2: Saveliitch, son of Saveli.]
[Footnote 3: Means pedagogue. Foreign teachers have adopted it to
signify their profession.]
[Footnote 4: One who has not yet attained full age. Young gentlemen who
have not yet served are so called.
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