Sixteen Years in Siberia

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Author

Deich, L. G. (Lev Grigor'evich), 1855-1941

Title

Sixteen years in Siberia: Some experiences of a Russian revolutionist

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Produced by KD Weeks, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Subject

Deich, L. G. (Lev Grigor'evich), 1855-1941

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54129

Release Date

February 7, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SIXTEEN YEARS IN SIBERIA SOME EXPERIENCES OF A RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONIST
2. 2.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I JOURNEY TO GERMANY—IMPRISONMENT IN FREIBURG—EPISODES FROM THE PAST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE CAUSE OF MY ARREST—PROFESSOR THUN—MY DEFENCE—PLANS OF ESCAPE—MY LEGAL ADVISER
7. 7.CHAPTER III UNCERTAINTY—PRISON LIFE—THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR—A CHANGE OF CELLS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE VISIT OF “MY WIFE”—MORE PLANS OF ESCAPE—THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHOWS HIS HAND—PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY
9. 9.CHAPTER V THE JOURNEY TO RUSSIA—IN THE CATTLE-TRUCK—THE FRANKFORT AND BERLIN PRISONS—THE FRONTIER-STATION—THROUGH WARSAW TO PETERSBURG
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE FORTRESS OF PETER AND PAUL—THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AS COMPATRIOT—A HARD-HEARTED DOCTOR—A FLEETING ACQUAINTANCE
11. 11.CHAPTER VII CHANGED CONDITIONS—A FRUSTRATED PLAN—THE MINISTER’S VISIT—A SECRET OF STATE—MY LITERARY NEIGHBOUR
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII FRESH FEARS—THE COLONEL OF GENDARMERIE—INQUIRY INTO THE CASE OF GENERAL MEZENTZEV’S MURDER—MEETING WITH BOGDANOVITCH—DEPARTURE
13. 13.CHAPTER IX A RAY OF HOPE—AN UNHEARD-OF RÉGIME—THE HUNGER-STRIKE—OUR CLUB—A SECRET ALLY
14. 14.CHAPTER X A BRAVE OFFICER—MY MILITARY SERVICE—THE TRIAL—FURTHER EXAMINATIONS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE VISIT OF THE MINISTER—I AM TURNED INTO A CONVICT—THE PRISON AT KIËV
16. 16.CHAPTER XII NEW ACQUAINTANCES—THE GIRL—CONSPIRATORS OF ROMNY—ARRIVAL IN MOSCOW—COMPANIONS IN DESTINY—A LIBERAL-MINDED GOVERNOR
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE TRIAL OF THE FOURTEEN—RECOLLECTIONS OF VERA FIGNER—NUMEROUS IMPRISONMENTS—“AGENTS PROVOCATEURS”
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV A NOT INCORRUPTIBLE INSPECTOR—BROKEN FETTERS—RESISTANCE TO THE SHAVING PROCESS—VISITORS IN THE PRISON
19. 19.CHAPTER XV POLITICAL CONDITION OF RUSSIA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY—OUR LITTLE SOCIETY—FÊTE DAYS—PROHIBITED VISITS-A LECTURE ON MANNERS
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI PREPARATIONS FOR OUR TRAVELS—THE BOAT JOURNEY BY THE VOLGA AND THE KAMA—EKATERINBURG—ON THE TROIKA—“TO EUROPE, TO ASIA”
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII IN TIUMEN—PARTING—ON THE SIBERIAN RIVERS—A STARTLING PROPOSAL
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII BY WAY OF THE CONVOY-STATIONS—A CLUMSY OFFICER—THE VAGABOND—A MAN-HUNT
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE FOREST—UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT ESCAPE—THE PEOPLE WE MET—THE CRIMINAL WORLD—THE CONVOY OFFICERS
24. 24.CHAPTER XX FROM KRASNOYARSK TO IRKUTSK—MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND DISPUTES—THE WOMEN IN IRKUTSK PRISON
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE CHIEF OF POLICE AT IRKUTSK—MEETING WITH EXILED COMRADES—FROM IRKUTSK TO KARA—STOLEN FETTERS—A DUBIOUS KIND OF DECABRIST—ANOTHER CONTEST—ARRIVAL AT OUR JOURNEY’S END
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII FIRST DAYS AT KARA—FRIENDS OLD AND NEW
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE ORGANISATION OF OUR COMMON LIFE—THE “SIRIUSES”—WAGERS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV SOME DETAILS OF THE PRISON’S HISTORY—THE “TOM-CAT”—THE “SANHEDRIN’S ROOM”—MY FIRST SIBERIAN SPRING
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV HUMOURS AND PASTIMES OF PRISON LIFE—TWO NEW COMMANDANTS—THE “HOSPITAL”—THE PARTICIPATORS IN ARMED RESISTANCE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI THE WOMEN’S PRISON
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII THE “COLONISTS”—FURTHER EVENTS IN THE WOMEN’S PRISON—THE HUNGER-STRIKES—THE YAKUTSK MASSACRE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII OUR CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION—SERGIUS BOBOHOV—THE END OF THE TRAGEDY
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX DISQUIETING REPORTS—VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL—RELEASE FROM PRISON
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX NIZHNAYA-KARA—NEW LIFE—STOLEN GOLD
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI THE TOUR OF THE HEIR-APPARENT THROUGH SIBERIA—OUR LIFE IN THE PENAL SETTLEMENT—AN INCENSED OFFICIAL
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII THE DEATH OF THE TSAR—NEW MANIFESTOES—THE CENSUS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII A PREHISTORIC MONUMENT—MY DEPARTURE FROM KARA—LIFE IN STRETYENSK—MY TRANSFERENCE TO BLAGOVESTSHENSK—THE MASSACRES OF JULY, 1900
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV MY FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA—THE END OF MY JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD—MY FRIEND AXELROD AGAIN—CONCLUSION
39. 39.INDEX

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