Note 102 — THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER I. AND V. N. KARAZIN[79]
Constance Garnett translation
The reference is to the punishment known as the ‘Green Street,’ in which the condemned man walked between two rows of soldiers, each of whom dealt him a blow. It was the favourite form of torture of Nicholas I. (hence nicknamed ‘the Stick’), and numbers of men died under it in his reign.—(Translator’s Note.)