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Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
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Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Political prisoners, 1890.
This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P. Chekhov and Sakhalin" in Alekandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Sakhalin Island (off Russia's southeast coast). The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons, and inhabitants. Sakhalin Island was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals and political prisoners. Between 1869 and 1906, more than 30, 000 inmates and exiles endured the difficult conditions of the forced-labor colony on the island. The collection depicts public life and institutions in the town of Aleksandrovsk Post, convicts working under harsh conditions or in chains, and political prisoners. The photographs also show the daily life both of the Nivkh people, indigenous to the northern part of the island, and the Russian settler population
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This haunting image is taken from a collection of photographs and an album preserved at the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum A.P. Chekhov and Sakhalin in Alekandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, located on Sakhalin Island off Russia's southeast coast. The collection, which includes this photograph from 1890, offers a rare and poignant glimpse into the history of this isolated island, which served as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals and political prisoners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1869 and 1906, more than 30,000 inmates and exiles endured the harsh conditions of the forced-labor colony on Sakhalin Island. This photograph, taken in the town of Aleksandrovsk Post, depicts a group of political prisoners, their faces etched with the weight of their circumstances. Their expressions convey a sense of defiance and determination, despite the oppressive conditions they faced. The collection also provides a window into the daily life of the Nivkh people, the indigenous inhabitants of the northern part of the island, as well as the Russian settler population. The photographs offer a poignant reminder of the human cost of imperial Russia's penal system and the difficult realities faced by those who were exiled to this remote and unforgiving land.
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