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Portrait of a Convict in a Fur Hat, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
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Portrait of a Convict in a Fur Hat, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Portrait of a Convict in a Fur Hat, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison, one of the main centers where political prisoners were held in the Russian Empire during the late-tsarist period. The album belonged to Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman, a physician and member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, who was incarcerated at Akatuy from 1906 to 1911. The prison was located at the Akatuy silver mine in Nerchinsk okrug (district) in the Transbaikal Territory of Siberia. Thousands of political prisoners were exiled to Siberia from European Russia and from Poland, Finland, Latvia, and Estonia (all then part of the Russian Empire) following the repression of the Russian Revolution of 1905. Criminal labor convicts and political prisoners had long been sent to Nerchinsk to work in extracting lead-silver ores in the region's mines. Irkutsk State University
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This haunting portrait captures the stoic gaze of a convict, clad in heavy fur hat and coat, against the stark backdrop of the Akatuy Prison in Siberia. The photograph is a poignant reminder of the thousands of political prisoners who were exiled and incarcerated in this remote region during the late-tsarist period of the Russian Empire. The image is taken from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the prison, which belonged to Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman, a physician and member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Shinkman was himself imprisoned at Akatuy from 1906 to 1911, following the repression of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The prison, located at the Akatuy silver mine in Nerchinsk okrug (district) in the Transbaikal Territory of Siberia, was a common destination for political prisoners and criminal labor convicts, who were sent to work in extracting lead-silver ores in the region's mines. The album offers a rare and poignant glimpse into the lives of these prisoners, providing a visual record of their experiences and struggles in the harsh Siberian wilderness.
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