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Siberia and the Exile System Vol. 1 - A History of Punishment

George Kennan

George Kennan was an American journalist and adventurer, who traveled to Siberia in the late 1800s to investigate how Russian criminals and dissidents were punished with exile to remote lands. By the time Kennan traversed the Siberian countryside, villages and towns, Russia's exile system had exist...

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This book about Siberia and its exile system, written in the 1880s, is mentioned as having inspired Anton Chekhov to visit Sakhalin Island.

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So this guy from Ohio inspired one of the greatest writers of all time, Anton Chekhov to go to Sakhalin Island.

— Episode: Ep. 432: Hit 'Em Where They Ain't with I...

Episode: Ep. 432: Hit 'Em Where They Ain't with Ian Frazier

This book about Siberia and its exile system, written in the 1880s, is mentioned as having inspired Anton Chekhov to visit Sakhalin Island.

"

So this guy from Ohio inspired one of the greatest writers of all time, Anton Chekhov to go to Sakhalin Island.

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