Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East

A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's "Sakhalin"

By (author) Vlas Doroshevich Introduction by Andrew A. Gentes Translated by Andrew A. Gentes

Publication date:

01 July 2009

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781843313090

‘Russia’s Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich’s “Sakhalin”’ is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich’s 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia’s largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific. This translation introduces English-language readers to an important writer and original stylist who defined journalistic practice during the years leading up to the1917 Revolution, by way of a book which helps explain the causes for that revolution.

'Offers a grim picture of the underworld of czarist Russia. Recommended.' —D. Balmuth, Skidmore College, ‘Choice’