The house of the dead Siberian exile under the tsars
"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
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Alfred A. Knopf
2017
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| Ausgabe: | First American edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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 Introduction: The Bell of Uglich -- Broken Swords -- The Boundary Post -- The Mines of Nerchinsk -- The Academy of Chita -- Sibiracy -- The Dead House -- In the Name of Freedom! -- General Cuckoo's Army -- Fantasies and Nightmares on Sakhalin Island -- The Knout -- Woe to the Vanquished! -- Towards Abolition : Siberia Re-Imagined -- Battlefield of the Revolution -- Epilogue: Red Siberia |
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| Beschreibung: | "This is a Borzoi book" |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 464 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780307958907 978-0-307-95890-7 |