Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's Sakhalin

'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.

Author: Vlas Mikhalovich Doroshevich
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 07/01/2011
Pages: 514
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780857283917

About the Author

Andrew A. Gentes is Lecturer in History at the University of Queensland.