The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880 write by Andrew A. Gentes. This book was released on 2017-10-20. The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book concerns the mass deportation of Poles and others to Siberia following the failed 1863 Polish Insurrection. The imperial Russian government fell back upon using exile to punish the insurrectionists and to cleanse Russia’s Western Provinces of ethnic Poles. It convoyed some 20,000 inhabitants of the Kingdom of Poland and the Western Provinces across the Urals to locations as far away as Iakutsk, and assigned them to penal labor or forced settlement. Yet the government’s lack of infrastructure and planning doomed this operation from the start, and the exiles found ways to resist their subjugation. Based upon archival documents from Siberia and the former Western Provinces, this book offers an unparalleled exploration of the mass deportation. Combining social history with an analysis of statecraft, it is a unique contribution to scholarship on the history of Poland and the Russian Empire.
Deluge
Deluge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deluge write by Andrew a Gentes Ph D. This book was released on 2016-10-17. Deluge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1863 Poles living under Russian domination staged the so called January Uprising. In a desperate bid to assert national sovereignty, insurrectionists attacked Russian troops throughout the Kingdom of Poland. The fighting soon spread to the empire's Western Provinces, where ethnic Poles were predominant. During the suppression of the insurrection and in the decades that followed, the Russian government deported as many as 40,000 Poles to locations throughout the empire. Half of these deportees were sent to Siberia, where they were assigned either to penal labor or to rural settlements. "Deluge: The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880" is the first book-length study of this mass deportation of Poles. It is written by an Ivy League educated Ph.D. in Russian history and is based largely on documents found in Siberian archives. The text totals 90,000 words, and includes footnotes and a bibliography. The Table of Contents is as follows: Foreword A Note on Terminology and Usage Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction Chapter One-Siberian Exile, 1590-1863 Chapter Two-The 1863 January Uprising Chapter Three-Suppression, Deportation, and Debate Chapter Four-The Insurrectionists Arrive in Siberia Chapter Five-Forced Settlers Chapter Six-Katorga Chapter Seven-Resistance and the Baikal Circle Road Revolt Chapter Eight-Amnesties, Repatriations, and Other Fates Conclusion Bibliography This book will prove informative to both professional scholars and lovers of history.
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
The Lost Pianos of Siberia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Pianos of Siberia write by Sophy Roberts. This book was released on 2020-08-04. The Lost Pianos of Siberia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux
Laboratory of Modernity
Laboratory of Modernity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laboratory of Modernity write by Serhiy Bilenky. This book was released on 2023-10-15. Laboratory of Modernity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the powers of Europe were at their prime, present-day Ukraine was divided between the Austrian and Russian empires, each imposing different political, social, and cultural models on its subjects. This inevitably led to great diversity in the lives of its inhabitants, shaping modern Ukraine into the multiethnic country it is today. Making innovative use of methods of social and cultural history, gender studies, literary theory, and sociology, Laboratory of Modernity explores the history of Ukraine throughout the long nineteenth century and offers a unique study of its pluralistic society, culture, and political scene. Despite being subjected to different and conflicting power models during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ukraine was not only imagined as a distinct entity with a unique culture and history but was also realized as a set of social and political institutions. The story of modern Ukraine is geopolitically complex, encompassing the historical narratives of several major communities – including ethnic Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, and Russians – who for centuries lived side by side. The first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Ukraine in English, Laboratory of Modernity traces the historical origins of some of the most pressing issues facing Ukraine and the international community today.
Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917
Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 write by Ben Phillips. This book was released on 2021-12-30. Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the course of the nineteenth century Siberia developed a fearsome reputation as a place of exile, often imagined as a vast penal colony and seen as a symbol of the iniquities of autocratic and totalitarian Tsarist rule. This book examines how Siberia’s reputation came about and discusses the effects of this reputation in turning opinion, especially in Western countries, against the Tsarist regime and in giving rise to considerable sympathy for Russian radicals and revolutionaries. It considers the writings and propaganda of a large number of different émigré groups, explores American and British journalists’ investigations and exposé press articles and charts the rise of the idea of Russian political prisoners as revolutionary and reformist heroes. Overall, the book demonstrates how important representations of Siberian exile were in shaping Western responses to the Russian Revolution.
