Sujet
Nerchinskoi katorgi. Views and inhabitants of the Nerchinsk hard labor camps
Légende
Nerchinskoi katorgi (Views and inhabitants of the Nerchinsk hard labor camps) is an album of 74 photographs taken by Aleksei Kirillovich Kuznetsov (1845-1928) in July 1891. The Nerchinsk katorga was 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. Common criminals and political prisoners alike were sent to these camps to work the nearby mines and their associated smelting plants. Kuznetsov himself was a political prisoner, sentenced in 1873 to permanent exile in Siberia and six years of hard labor at the Kara mines
Date
1891
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP24A01_115
Model release
Non
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,4Mo (2,2Mo) / 39,7cm x 32,5cm / 4684 x 3838 (300dpi)
Mots clés
Nerchinskoi katorgi inhabitants Nerchinsk hard labor camps Aleksei Kirillovich Kuznetsov katorga forced labor Imperial Russia province Transbaikalia Russian border China criminals political prisoners political prisoner permanent exile Siberia 19th century Russia
Restrictions
Utilisation éditoriale uniquement.