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Siberia and the Exile System
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Siberia and the Exile System
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) George Kennan
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - European History |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:432 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Asian and Middle Eastern history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108048224
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| Classifications | Dewey:957.08 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
20 Plates, black and white; 3 Maps; 72 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
26 April 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The American journalist George Kennan (1854-1924) spent many years travelling in and writing about Russia. After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, Kennan wanted to go to Siberia to examine the penal system and the punishment of political exiles. In this unflinching account, published in two volumes in 1891, Kennan gives vivid descriptions, accompanied by extensive illustrations of the prisons and labour camps and the harsh lives of the people forced to live there. This journey also led to a personal transformation for Kennan himself - he started out as a supporter of the tsarist government but when he returned to the United States, he had become an advocate of political revolution in Russia. In Volume 1, he inspects the overcrowded holding prison of Tyumen, where everyone banished to Siberia was forced to stay before redeployment, and he later speaks to some political exiles.
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