# Multan affair

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The **Multan affair** was a high-profile late 19th century case about a [ritual murder](/source/Human_sacrifice) in the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) allegedly committed by a group of [Udmurt](/source/Udmurts) peasants in the village of Old Multan.[1]

The affair is called by the name of the village where the initial event happened, "Vuzh Multan" (Old Multan) in [Udmurt](/source/Udmurt_language).[2] It has been subsequently renamed to Korolenko village, in [Vladimir Korolenko](/source/Vladimir_Korolenko)'s honour and memory.[3]

The case is considered a model of fruitful cooperation between lawyers, [investigative journalists](/source/Investigative_journalism), and government officials. Korolenko and [Anatoly Koni](/source/Anatoly_Koni) played significant roles in bringing the Multan case to attention.[4]

## In culture

In addition to a considerable[2] amount of journalistic and historical research, the case has been fictionalized numerous times. It includes *The Old Multan* (1954), [magnum opus](/source/Magnum_opus) of Udmurt writer [Mikhail Petrov](/source/Mikhail_Petrov_(writer)) (1905—1955), and *Pelagia and the White Bulldog* (2006), novel from [Sister Pelagia](/source/Sister_Pelagia) mystery series of [Boris Akunin](/source/Boris_Akunin). The Multan affair is also mentioned in [Alexandra Brushtein](/source/Alexandra_Brushtein)'s novel *At Dawn Hour* (1958) and [Vasily Yan](/source/Vasily_Yan)'s book *Notes of a Pedestrian* (1901).

## See also

- [Mendel Beilis affair](/source/Mendel_Beilis_affair)

## References

1. Geraci, Robert (2000). ["Ethnic Minorities, Anthropology, and Russian National Identity on Trial: The Multan Case, 1892-96"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2679277). *The Russian Review*. **59** (4): 530–554. [doi:10.1111/0036-0341.00140](https://doi.org/10.1111/0036-0341.00140). [JSTOR 2679277](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2679277). Retrieved 14 February 2024.

1. Shkliaev, Aleksandr & Toulouze, Eva (March 2001). ["The Mass Media and the National Question in Udmurtia in the 1990s"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/mass-media-and-the-national-question-in-udmurtia-in-the-1990s/F411FF81F982FE70F72AE16394332A74). *Nationalities Papers*. **29**: 97–108. [doi:10.1080/00905990120050811](https://doi.org/10.1080/00905990120050811). Retrieved 15 February 2024.

1. Tyunkin, K. Commentaries. The Works by V.G. Korolenko in 6 volumes. Vol 6. Pp. 396-419

1. ["Traditions of Investigative Journalism in Russia: The Multan Sacrifice"](http://fonduniver.ru/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/un_2022_3-pb.pdf#page=111). Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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