Sujet

Hauling Water to the Prison Camp and Gardens, 1891. Creator: Aleksei Kuznetsov.

Légende

Hauling Water to the Prison Camp and Gardens, 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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A04_055

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,1Mo (2,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,9cm / 4960 x 3882 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation water female women woman people library work country law crime headdress color siberian hauling pulling cart location century Russia Russian prisoner concept convict punishment headscarf headscarves prisoners B&W convicts Siberia headgear punishing Library of Congress head-dress road Transport Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black 1890s nineteenth century exile exiled forced labour handcart 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