Siberian Convicts working in Placer Mine,Russia,Transbaikalia,Gold Mining,1886

Title: Siberian convicts working in a placer mine
Date Created/Published: [between 1885 and 1886]
Summary: Prison guards surrounding a placer mine at Kara, Transbaikalia, where hard labor convicts are working.
Notes:
Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080).
At the time of Kennan's visit, the Kara valley contained a chain of prisons, penal settlements and mines. Some 1,800 prisoners were held in the Kara prisons and penal settlements, not including between 600 and 800 women children who had voluntarily accompanied their husbands and fathers into Siberia.
Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.
Subjects:
Gold mining--Russia (Federation)--Transbaikalia--1880-1890.
Prison guards--Russia (Federation)--Transbaikalia--1880-1890.
Prisoners--Russia (Federation)--Transbaikalia--1880-1890.
Photographic prints--1880-1890.
Part of: Views of people and places in Siberia from the George Kennan papers
Bookmark /99615456/
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