Siberian Prison System :: Russian Russia History

Siberian Prison SystemPRISON SYSTEM IN SIBERIAMy project is use to description of the history of Siberia as a stain to where send prisoners--from the age of Ivan the Terrible until today. I will tell about the reasons for choosing Siberia as adjust of exile, the system of prisons and conditions in Siberian prisons.Choosing Siberia as a Place of kick out As with other Western powers that gained colonies overseas, the acquisition of Siberia led to making it a place of exile. Criminal and political prisoners had been sent to Siberia for more than three centuries millions of concourse, in total, were deported there. Due to its remoteness and severe weather conditions Russian Australia was one huge prison, turn on from where was almost impossible and very dangerous not only because of the chase, except because of the Siberian killing frosts, unimaginably long distances, bounty-hunting natives, deep forests and wild animals. other reason for establishing punishment by exile was th e desire of society to exile still cruel and barbarous criminal code of XVII blow according to which criminals had been punished by amputation of their limbs, being bastionadoed, and being branded with sultry iron. Exile was quick and easy method of getting them out of the way. The punishments, however, didnt operate more humane. They just began to happen far away from where most of the people could see them. Before making Siberia place of exile criminals died from being anguished in Moscow after they died from the hard, exhausting work, cold winters, and diseases in Siberia.Although before applied as a corporal punishment, exile can be viewed as a means of population and developing the colony. Government need people to work in Siberian mines and to build roads, and penal servitude began to supersede long prison terms, while list of offences meriting exile steadily extended to include even vagrancy, fortune-telling, wife-beating, debts, accidentally starting a fire or drunk enness. In 1754 death penalty was abolished for some years and replaced with exile at hard labour.Convoy to Siberia Until the middle of the XIX ampere-second, most of the convicts had to walk to the place of their exile from their homes. Often the journey took years--the distances walked measured thousands of kilometres. They walked from etape (transit prison) to etape. Until the beginning of XVIII century there was almost no long-range planning and even lapse of exiles was extremely negligent. Convicts had to beg their way because there was almost no intellectual nourishment provided for them.