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‘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’
List of Illustrations; Introduction: On First Impressions and Lasting Choices, by Andrew A. Gentes; Glossary; Katorga: A Reporter’s Visit to the Sakhalin Penal Colony; Book One; Book Two; Recommended Readings