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Title The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars / Daniel Beer.
Author Beer, Daniel, author.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
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Edition First United States edition.
Description xxii, 464 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-437) and index.
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.
Related To Online version: Beer, Daniel. House of the dead First United States edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 9780307958914 (DLC) 2016019798
ISBN 9780307958907 (hardcover) : $35.00
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