Sujet

Hard Labor Convicts Working at the Gornyi Zerentui Flour Mill, 1891. Creator: Aleksei Kuznetsov.

Légende

Hard Labor Convicts Working at the Gornyi Zerentui Flour Mill, 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_067

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,2cm / 4960 x 3809 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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