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A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
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A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals and political prisoners. Between 1869 and 1906, more than 30, 000 inmates and exiles endured the harsh conditions of the forced-labor colony on the island. The album contains photographs that provide rare glimpses of Sakhalin's settlements and prisons and the prisoners, exiles, and guards who inhabited the island. Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer and medical doctor, spent three months on Sakhalin in 1890, where he extensively researched the plight of the prisoners and the native population. The publication of his Sakhalin Island in 1895 highlighted the depravity of the situation in this remote corner of Russia and led to public protests that helped bring about the closure of the penal colony. National Library of Russia
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This evocative photograph, titled "A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899," is a poignant reminder of the harsh realities endured by the inmates and exiles of Sakhalin Island during the late 19th century. Taken by the Russian photographer Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky, this image is part of an album that offers a rare and valuable documentation of life on the island during its use as a penal colony by imperial Russia. Sakhalin Island, located off the eastern coast of Russia, was a place of exile and forced labor for criminals and political prisoners between 1869 and 1906. More than 30,000 inmates and exiles were subjected to the extreme climate and challenging conditions of the island during this period. The photograph presents a bleak and desolate scene of a winter settlement in the village of Korsakov, with its snow-covered buildings and barren landscape. The presence of guards, visible in the foreground, serves as a stark reminder of the island's penal colony status. The album, now held in the National Library of Russia, offers a unique perspective into the lives of those who inhabited Sakhalin during this period. Notable figures such as Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer and medical doctor, spent time on the island in 1890, extensively researching the plight of the prisoners and the native population. Chekhov's publication of "Sakhalin Island" in 1895 brought widespread attention to the deplorable conditions on the island and sparked public protests that ultimately contributed to the closure of the penal colony. This photograph, along with the other images in Pavlovsky's album, serves as an important historical record of a dark chapter in Russia's past.
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