Siberia and the Exile System 2 Volume Set

George Kennan (Autor)

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1024 Seiten

2012
Cambridge University Press
9781108048262 (ISBN)

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The American journalist George Kennan (1854–1924) went to Siberia to examine the infamous penal system there, and his account was published in two volumes in 1891. The journey also led to a personal transformation - from supporting the tsarist government, he became an advocate of political revolution in Russia.

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, and speaks to some political exiles. In Volume 2, he travels to the infamous convict mines of the Trans-Baikal region.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. From St Petersburg to Perm; 2. Across the Siberian frontier; 3. The flowery plains of Tobólsk; 4. The Tiumén forwarding prison; 5. A Siberian convict barge; 6. First impressions of post travel; 7. The great Kírghis steppe; 8. Our first meeting with political exiles; 9. Bridle paths of the Altái; 10. Two colonies of political exiles; 11. Exile by administrative process; 12. The Province and the City of Tomsk; 13. The Tomsk forwarding prison; 14. The life of political exiles; 15. The great Siberian road; 16. Deportation by étape. Volume 2: 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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.6.2012
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - European History
Zusatzinfo	28 Plates, black and white; 6 Maps; 164 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1390 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-13	9781108048262 / 9781108048262
Zustand	Neuware