ISBN: 9780367224806

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 auto… Mehr…

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 Siberias 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 migr groups explores American and British journalists investigations and expos 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. Media > Books > Print Books new, Routledge<

2021, ISBN: 9780367224806

Exiles, Émigrés and the International Reception of Russian Radicalism, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Routledge], Routledge, 2021

ISBN: 9780367224806

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