Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East

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Author: Vlas DoroshevichISBN: 9780857283917Publisher: Anthem PressYear first published: 01 Jul 2011Pages: 514 Format: Paperback / softback'Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's "Sakhalin"' is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich's 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia's largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific. This translation introduces English-language readers to an important writer and original stylist who defined journalistic practice during the years leading up to the1917 Revolution, by way of a book which helps explain the causes for that revolution. Show more