Art Resource - AR994951

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The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

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Prisoners at work, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

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The chaining of Son'ka the Golden Hand, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890. Artist: Anton Chekhov

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Caged prisoners cage on the steamer 'Petersburg' on the way to Sakhalin, Russia, 1890. Artist: Anton Chekhov

Caged prisoners cage on the steamer 'Petersburg' on the way to Sakhalin, Russia, 1890. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857. In 1890 Russian author Anton Chekhov visited Sakhalin and wrote about the conditions in the camps in his book Sakhalin Island. Found in the collection of The Russian State Library, Moscow.

Unique Identifier AR994951

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4881px × 3600px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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