Download or read book Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East written by Vlas Doroshevich and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Russia’s Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich’s “Sakhalin”’ is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich’s 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia’s largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific. This translation introduces English-language readers to an important writer and original stylist who defined journalistic practice during the years leading up to the1917 Revolution, by way of a book which helps explain the causes for that revolution.