Siberian Exile and the Invention of Revolutionary Russia, 1825–1917

Exiles, Émigrés and the International Reception of Russian Radicalism

Ben Phillips (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-22480-6 (ISBN)

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Over the course of the nineteenth century Siberia developed a fearsome reputation as a place of exile, often imagined as a vast penal colony and seen as a symbol of the iniquities of autocratic and totalitarian Tsarist rule. This book examines how Siberia’s reputation came about and discusses the effects of this reputation in turning opinion, especially in Western countries, against the Tsarist regime and in giving rise to considerable sympathy for Russian radicals and revolutionaries. It considers the writings and propaganda of a large number of different émigré groups, explores American and British journalists’ investigations and exposé press articles and charts the rise of the idea of Russian political prisoners as revolutionary and reformist heroes. Overall, the book demonstrates how important representations of Siberian exile were in shaping Western responses to the Russian Revolution.

Ben Phillips is a Lecturer in Russian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Exeter

Introduction 1. Siberian exile and Russian radical culture, 1825-1873 2. ‘A Nihilist Kurort’: Siberia in the Victorian imagination, c. 1830-1890 3. The Siberian agitation, 1890-1895 4. ‘Apostles of the gospel of reform’: Prison, exile and the limits of revolutionary subjectivity, 1905-1917 Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2022
Reihe/Serie	BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-367-22480-1 / 0367224801
ISBN-13	978-0-367-22480-6 / 9780367224806
Zustand	Neuware