| Brechtel198 | 19 Jul 2016 3:57 a.m. PST |
The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars by Daniel Beers. Period excerpt: 'Under Alexander I the rules for penal servitude specified that one's sentence only began after they arrived at their final destination. The majority of prisoners took two years to reach their destination. One unfortunate sentenced to eight years took eight years to get to his destination at Irkutsk before his sentence could begin. In other instances local officials snatched up the "best people in terms of age and abilities" sending them on to their final destination after up to ten years of labor. Of 1100 prisoners sent to Irkutsk between 1809-1811 only 625 arrived, the rest were either put to work or too ill to travel. Nearly 1/5th of the 970 exiles sentenced to the mines or factories were too young, too old or too frail to work. one-half of those put to work were over 50 years of age. On average about 1,600 persons were exiled per year between 1807 and 1813, between 1814 and 1818 the number average 2,500. (By comparison in 1814 an estimated total 2,500 individuals were imprisoned as political prisoners in France, with another 3 to 4 thousand in internal exile.)'-34-36. |
| Gazzola | 19 Jul 2016 4:47 a.m. PST |
What? That can't be true, not under the lovable caring peace desiring Alexander 1st? LOL Great post Tango01. It will certainly open a few eyes me thinks. |
robert piepenbrink  | 19 Jul 2016 4:59 a.m. PST |
Hey, no better way to get peace than to send all the troublemakers far, far away.
As for Nappy, he started with an advantage. His predecessors had set records in peace enforcement which would stand until Lenin's day. |
| Frederick | 19 Jul 2016 5:07 a.m. PST |
One of the many reasons my grandpa Ivan (on my Mom's side – on arrival in North America John) decided that the beneficial rule of Mother Russia was better left in Mother Russia |
| Camcleod | 19 Jul 2016 6:27 a.m. PST |
Why not just create a permanent link to the Napoleon Series where most of this type of stuff is taken from ?? link |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Jul 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
It's also useful to look up the book on Amazon and read their blurb on the book. And it isn't published yet. The purpose is useful information. |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Jul 2016 7:36 a.m. PST |
Hey, no better way to get peace than to send all the troublemakers far, far away.
As for Nappy, he started with an advantage. His predecessors had set records in peace enforcement which would stand until Lenin's day. And it is something that Napoleon disagreed with and would not participate in. And it should be remembered that he issued the amnesty for emigres to return to France. |
| basileus66 | 19 Jul 2016 9:22 a.m. PST |
It covers all the period of the Tsars, from Alexander I to Nicholas II. I bought it yesterday in a shop in Madrid -it has been released, at least here-. I haven't started reading yet. I must finish Raghavan's "India's War" (a story of the Indian Army in WWII) and Hart's "Fire and Movement" (British Army in 1914) first. Beers' book is the next in my list. |
| Brechtel198 | 19 Jul 2016 12:42 p.m. PST |
It hasn't been released here, unfortunately, and I am looking forward to it. |
| 79thPA | 20 Jul 2016 6:26 a.m. PST |
Yes, it does sound interesting. |
paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
