ISBN: 1539569764 9781539569763

Category: History / Russia / General

Page count: 300

In 1863 Poles living under Russian domination staged the so called January Uprising. In a desperate bid to assert national sovereignty, insurrectionists attacked Russian troops throughout the Kingdom of Poland. The fighting soon spread to the empire's Western Provinces, where ethnic Poles were predominant. During the suppression of the insurrection and in the decades that followed, the Russian government deported as many as 40,000 Poles to locations throughout the empire. Half of these deportees were sent to Siberia, where they were assigned either to penal labor or to rural settlements. "Deluge: The Mass Deportation of Poles to Siberia, 1863-1880" is the first book-length study of this mass deportation of Poles. It is written by an Ivy League educated Ph.D. in Russian history and is based largely on documents found in Siberian archives. The text totals 90,000 words, and includes footnotes and a bibliography. The Table of Contents is as follows: Foreword A Note on Terminology and Usage Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction Chapter One-Siberian Exile, 1590-1863 Chapter Two-The 1863 January Uprising Chapter Three-Suppression, Deportation, and Debate Chapter Four-The Insurrectionists Arrive in Siberia Chapter Five-Forced Settlers Chapter Six-Katorga Chapter Seven-Resistance and the Baikal Circle Road Revolt Chapter Eight-Amnesties, Repatriations, and Other Fates Conclusion Bibliography This book will prove informative to both professional scholars and lovers of history.