Art Resource - AR912952

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

The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857. In 1891 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 Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House).

Unique Identifier AR912952

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4919px × 3592px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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