Title

Orphanage at the Nizhniaia Kara Mining Works, 1891. Creator: Aleksei Kuznetsov.

Caption

Orphanage at the Nizhniaia Kara Mining Works, 1891. One of 74 views taken in July 1891 and contained in the albumTipy i vidy Nerchinskoi katorgi (Views and inhabitants of Nerchinsk hard labor camps). The Nerchinskkatorgawas part of the katorga (forced labor) system of imperial Russia, located in the province of Transbaikalia (present-day Zabaykal'skiy Kray), near the Russian border with China. The katorga was administered by the Ministry of Interior and included prisons at Akatuy, Kara, Aleksandrovsk, Nerchinskii Zavod, and Zerentuy, all of which are depicted in the album. National Library of Russia

Date

1891

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A04_048

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (2,5Mb) / 16,5in x 12,6in / 4960 x 3789 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male library work man men industry country law guy crime color siberian industrial mining location century mine Russia Russian prisoner digging concept convict punishment prisoners B&W pit convicts goldmine gold mine Siberia punishing Library of Congress opencast mine Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black 1890s nineteenth century exile exiled forced labour hard labour penal servitude prison camp TGN working photograph labour camp katorga Nerchinsk Congressional Library Heritage Art 19th-century still image Meeting of Frontiers Transbaikal Zabaykalsky Krai Transbaikal Territory Aleksei Kuznetsov Kuznetsov Aleksei Aleksei Kirillovich Kuznetsov