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A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
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A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 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 poignant group portrait captures a moment in time at the Akatuy Prison in Nerchinsk okrug, Siberia, during the late-tsarist period. The photograph, titled "A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children," was taken between 1906 and 1911 by Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman, a physician and member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. The image is part of an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the prison, which was one of the main centers where political prisoners were held in the Russian Empire following the repression of the Russian Revolution of 1905. 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. Criminal labor convicts and political prisoners had long been sent to Nerchinsk to work in extracting lead-silver ores in the region's mines. The photograph shows a group of convicts, some with their children, gathered around a table. The children, dressed in ragged clothing, appear curious and somewhat apprehensive as they stare at the camera. The convicts, many with expressions of sadness and resignation, hold their hats in their hands. The backdrop of the prison walls and barbed wire fencing serves as a stark reminder of the harsh conditions they endured. Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman's album provides a rare glimpse into the lives of political prisoners in the Russian Empire during a tumultuous period of history. The image of the convicts with their children underscores the human cost of political repression and the devastating impact it had on families and communities.
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