Pjotr Pustoroslev (1854–1928) was a Russian lawyer. He was the rector of Tartu University from 1915 to 1917.
He taught criminal law at Tartu University.
Biography.
Pustoroslev was born on January 22, 1854 into the noble family of the Pustoroslevs. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Imperial Moscow University.
As a privat-docent for seven years he taught prison studies at Moscow University. In the journal Legal Bulletin No. 12 for 1891, he published a large article telling about the Moscow Committee for the analysis and charity of the poor.
He received a master's degree for his dissertation: "Понятие о незаменимой саморасправе как учреждении уголовного права", (The concept of indispensable self-destruction as an institution of criminal law), a doctorate degree for the dissertation: "Анализ понятия о преступлении", (Analysis of the concept of crime). He was a professor of criminal law, dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Dorpat; in 1915-1917 he was its rector.
He left Tartu in 1918 due to the evacuation of the university to Voronezh.
He died in Moscow, buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
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