Siberia and the Exile System Volume 2 - Brossura

Kennan, George

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108048234 ISBN 13: 9781108048231

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

An American journalist's unflinching account, published in two volumes in 1891, of Russia's brutal penal system in Siberia.

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Descrizione del libro

The American journalist and expert on Russia George Kennan (1854–1924) went to Siberia to examine the infamous tsarist penal system there, and this vivid account was published in two volumes in 1891. In Volume 2, Kennan visits the convict mines of the Trans-Baikal region.

Contenuti

1. Prisons and exiles in Irkútsk; 2. Under police surveillance; 3. A visit to the Selengínsk lamasery; 4. A ride through the Trans-Bailál; 5. The convict mines of Kará; 6. The Kará 'Free command'; 7. State criminals at Kará; 8. The history of the Kará political prison; 9. The silver mines of Nérchinsk; 10. Adventures in Eastern Siberia; 11. The great Siberian road in winter; 12. Our last days in Siberia; 13. The character of political exiles; 14. Evils and projected reforms; Appendixes; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108048234
• ISBN 13: 9781108048231
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 590
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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