Title Eight years on Sakhalin : a political prisoner's memoir / Ivan P. Iuvachëv ; Translated with commentary by Andrew A. Gentes

Published London : Anthem Press , 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 251 pages) Series Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies. Contents Part I. 1. First impressions of the Sakhalin coast -- 2. Searching for food -- 3. Dinner -- 4. Meeting the educated exiles -- 5. The penal laborers' march to Tymovsk District -- 6. Rykovsk settlement -- 7. Assignment as a carpenter -- 8. My comrades -- 9. The situation in the Tym Valley -- 10. The warden's efforts to build a church -- 11. Katorga assignments -- 12. The difficulty of katorga -- 13. Headmen-executioners -- Part II. 1. A new assignment -- 2. A change of situation -- 3. Preparing the new church for Easter -- 4. The temptation of an artless existence -- 5. Recording Giliak fables -- 6. Solitary and general prison confinement -- 7. The murder of choirmaster Gennisaretskii -- 8. Morning impressions -- 9. Summer jobs -- 10. The situation of designated homeowners -- 11. Meeting penal laborers from the barracks -- 12. Catching fish with a hook -- 13. My sailing assignment -- 14. The educated exile Pl--'s farm -- Part III. 1. Invitation to a seaside stroll -- 2. Guests of the military commander -- 3. Preparations for a new journey -- 4. Cape Nevelˊskoi -- 5. Giliaks' provisions caches -- 6. Aboard the steamer Shooter -- 7. Korsakovsk Post -- 8. Manué Post -- 9. The 1891 Manifesto -- 10. Katorga's tragic days -- 11. My new manservant -- 12. L--'s retirement and departure -- 13. Leaving Sakhalin -- 14. A visit to Rykovsk settlement -- 15. First news in the press about the Onor atrocities -- 16. Situation for educated people on the island -- Part IV. 1. The new status of exile-settler -- 2. My meeting with General Grodekov -- 3. The exile-settler Elizaveta K -- 4. Women on Sakhalin -- 5. Personal morality's importance in lifting a man -- 6. Losing the most favorable period of life -- 7. A trip to Aleksandrovsk Post in winter -- 8. Exiles' hidden sorrows -- 9. Vladivostok under military alert -- 10. In a grave -- 11. Held back! -- 12. The governor's new request -- 13. Sakhalintsy in Vladivostok -- 14. Distance and time make an impression Summary "In 1887, following several years' imprisonment for his role in the People's Will terrorist group, Ivan P. Iuvachëv was exiled with other political prisoners to the notorious Sakhalin penal colony. The penal colony emerged during the late 1860s and 1870s and collapsed in 1905, under the weight of Japan's invasion of Sakhalin. The eight years between 1887 and 1895 that Iuvachëv spent on the island were some of the most tumultuous in the penal colony's existence. Originally published in 1901, his memoir offers a first-hand account of this netherworld that embodied the extremities of tsarist Russian penality. A valuable historical document as well as a work of literature testifying to one man's ability to retain his humanity amid a sea of human degradation, this annotated translation marks the first time Iuvachëv's memoir has appeared in any language besides Russian."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Translated from the Russian Andrew A. Gentes is an historian and translator. His publications and translations include The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880 (2017) and In the World of the Outcasts: Notes of a Former Penal Laborer (2014) Print version record Subject I︠U︡vachev, I. P. (Ivan Pavlovich), 1860-1940 -- Diaries SUBJECT I︠U︡vachev, I. P. (Ivan Pavlovich), 1860-1940 fast Subject Narodnai︠a︡ voli︠a︡ (Political party : Russia) SUBJECT Narodnai︠a︡ voli︠a︡ (Political party : Russia) fast Subject Prisoners -- Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) -- Diaries Prisoners -- Religious life -- Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Prisoners Prisoners -- Religious life Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Genre/Form diaries. Diaries Diaries. Journaux intimes. Form Electronic book Author Gentes, Andrew Armand, 1964- translator, editor. ISBN 9781785278235 1785278231 9781785278242 178527824X

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