The House of the Dead : : Siberian Exile Under the Tsars
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
A one hundred-year history of the vast Russian penal colony of Siberia chronicles how more than a million criminals, revolutionaries, and activists were exiled into what became a brutal colony also populated by family members, fugitives, terrorists, and bounty hunters.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: xxii, 464 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307958907
0307958906
SUBJECTS
Exile (Punishment) -- Russia -- History.
Exile (Punishment) -- Siberia -- History.
Exiles -- Siberia -- History.
Political prisoners -- Siberia -- History.
Penal colonies -- Siberia -- History.
Convict labor -- Siberia -- History.
Revolutionaries -- Siberia -- History.
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 19th century.
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- 20th century.
Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917.