Nerchinsk katorga
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Nerchinsk katorga was a system of katorga—a type of penal labour—practiced by the Russian Empire in the area of the Nerchinsk Mining District. That district embraced a large part of eastern Transbaika
Akatuy katorga (Акатуйская каторжная тюрьма, 1832–1917)
Akatuy katorga
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The Akatuy katorga prison, part of the Nerchinsk katorga system of the Russian Empire, operated in the present-day Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District of Transbaikalia in the Russian Far East. It originated
Nerchinsk katorga
…Its prisons were named after the mines they served: Akatuy katorga (Акатуйская каторжная тюрьма, 1832–1917) Algachi katorga prison (Алгачинская каторжная тюрьма, 1869–1915…
Akatuy prison, 1891
Shkolnik, Fialka, and Spiridonova with the konvoy on the way to Akatuy