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Russian Prisons / St. Peter and St. Paul; the Schlüsselburg; the Ostrog at Omsk; the story of Siberian exile; Tiumen, Tomsk, Saghalien

Chapter 1: The History and Romance of Crime
By Arthur Griffiths
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A detailed historical survey of an autocratic empire's penal institutions, tracing judicial reforms alongside enduring cruelties; it documents the abolition of certain corporal penalties while describing persistent harsh practices, contrasts local lock-ups with central convict prisons and remote exile settlements, and outlines daily life, food, labor, and disciplinary measures. The narrative draws on eyewitness accounts, official reports, and traveler observations to present conditions in metropolitan prisons and distant penal colonies, discusses punishments and escape attempts, and considers how political detainees were treated within a system that combined administrative control, forced labor, and severe corporal discipline.

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Title: Russian Prisons

Author: Arthur Griffiths

Release date: August 30, 2016 [eBook #52937]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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The History and
Romance of
Crime

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE PRESENT DAY
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
LONDON

Young Girl Revolutionist Condemned to the Scaffold

So severe was the Russian government in the measures adopted to repress the revolutionists that mere school-girls were exiled, imprisoned or executed. Many well-born girls made it their chief aim to help the peasants, enduring the privations and hardships of the labouring classes. Madame Vera Phillipova, a young woman of great beauty, was long the most popular person in the revolutionary movement. She became identified with the conspiracy of “the Fourteen,” and was thrown into the Schlüsselburg for the term of her natural life.

Russian Prisons
ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL
THE SCHLÜSSELBURG
THE OSTROG AT OMSK
THE STORY OF SIBERIAN EXILE
TIUMEN, TOMSK, SAGHALIEN
by
MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain
Author of
“The Mysteries of Police and Crime,”
“Fifty Years of Public Service,” etc.
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
EDITION NATIONALE
Limited to one thousand registered and numbered sets.
NUMBER 307.