The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars /
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The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars /

"The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolutionaries who would one day rule Russia"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beer, Daniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Exile (Punishment) > Russia > History.
Exile (Punishment) > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Exiles > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Political prisoners > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Penal colonies > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Convict labor > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Revolutionaries > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History.
Siberia (Russia) > History > 19th century.
Siberia (Russia) > History > 20th century.
Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917.
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Table of Contents:
  • The bell of Uglich
  • Origins of exile
  • The boundary post
  • Broken swords
  • The mines of Nerchinsk
  • The Decembrist Republic
  • Sybiracy
  • The penal fort
  • "In the name of freedom!"
  • General Cuckoo's army
  • Sakhalin Island
  • The lash
  • "Woe to the vanquished!"
  • The shrinking continent
  • The crucible
  • Red Siberia.

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