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The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars Cover Image Book

The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars / Daniel Beer.

Beer, Daniel, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307958907
  • ISBN: 0307958906
  • Physical Description: xxii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-437) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The bell of Uglich -- Origins of exile -- The boundary post -- Broken swords -- The Mines of Nerchinsk -- The decembrist republic -- Sibiracy -- 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 -- Epilogue: Red Siberia.

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Subject:
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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