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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2024. Vol 48

The Largest Penal Servitude of the Russian Empire at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Author(s)
А. A. Ivanov
Abstract
The article is devoted to the history of the participation of criminal convicts in the construction of the Amur Railway in 1910–1916. The author establishes the total number of “involuntary” builders, the types of work they were engaged in, the amount of wages, and also describes the features of working and living conditions. Much space in the article is devoted to the prisoners of the Aleksandrovsk Central Convict Prison, who participated in the years 1910–1913, along with the convicts of the Nerchinsk mountain district, in the construction of the western branch of the Amur Railway.
About the Authors
Ivanov Alexander Aleksandrovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Department of History of Russia, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ottisk@irmail.ru
For citation

Ivanov A.A. The Largest Penal Servitude of the Russian Empire at the Beginning of the 20th Century. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2024, vol. 48, pp. 88-98. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2024.48.88 (in Russian)

Keywords
hard labor, Amur Railway, Alexandrovsky Central, 1910–1916.
UDC
94(571.61)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2024.48.88
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