Sixteen years in Siberia: Some experiences of a Russian revolutionistDeich, L. G. (Lev Grigor'evich)
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Sixteen years in Siberia: Some experiences of a Russian revolutionist
Deich, L. G. (Lev Grigor'evich)
Deich, L. G. (Lev Grigor'evich), 1855-1941; Exiles -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Biography
Criminals, ordinary, distinction between “politicals,” 97 n.;
regulations, 135;
the “Ivans,” 155;
passion for gambling, 159;
relations with the “politicals,” 163;
tramps, 165;
escape of, 165;
character, 166, 171, 175;
treatment, 167;
influence of the “Ivans,” 175
Dashkièvitch, Peter, 119;
sentence, 137;
exile, 151
Debagòrio—Makrièvitch, Vladìmir, 104;
his mode of escape, 155
Decabrists, revolt of the, vi, 200
Degàiev, a member of the _Naròdnaia Vòlya_, 43;
his treachery, 43 n.;
sentence on, 82
Degàiev, Mdme., 119
_Dessyàtnik_, or village constable, 314
Detention, House of, at Freiburg, 5;
Petersburg, 57;
rules, 58;
outdoor exercise, 60;
system of communication, 66
Deutsch, Leo, at Freiburg, 3;
arrest, 4, 10;
imprisoned, 5;
joins the “Propagandist movement,” 6;
member of the _Kiëv Buntari_, 9;
attempt on the life of Gorinòvitch, 9;
escapes from Kiëv, 10, 98;
examination, 12;
recognition of Prof. Thun, 14;
statement of his case, 17;
founds the League for the Emancipation of Labour, 17 n.;
religious opinions, 24;
his photograph, 27;
change of cell, 28;
plans of escape, 31;
interviews with the Public Prosecutor, 33-36, 37;
defence, 34;
charges against, 35;
extradition demanded, 35;
preparations for the journey to Russia, 41;
at Frankfurt-am-Main prison, 42;
Berlin prison, 45;
Granitza, 46;
Fortress of Peter and Paul, 48;
first examination, 52;
deprived of his spectacles, 55;
at the House of Detention in Petersburg, 57-72;
reasons for his confinement in the fortress, 61-63;
methods of communication between prisoners, 65, 66;
at Odessa prison, 73;
hunger-strikes, 76, 277;
method of hearing news, 81;
brief military career, 84-87;
terms of his indictment, 87;
trial, 88-91;
sentence, 91;
made to assume the dress of a convict, 95;
a “political” prisoner, 97;
at Kiëv prison, 98;
at Moscow prison, 110;
unfastens his fetters, 124;
preparations for leaving Moscow, 138;
revolt against head-shaving, 139;
on the journey by boat, 142, 151;
at Tiumen, 148;
at Tomsk, 153;
offered a “swop,” 154-157;
friendly relations with convicts, 163;
at Krasnoyarsk, 184;
at Irkutsk, 189;
at Verkhny-Udinsk, 196;
loss of his fetters, 199;
at Tchita prison, 201;
Nertchinsk, 204;
Kara, 206;
in the “nobles’ room,” 215;
in the “Sanhedrin room,” 240;
attack of scurvy, 245;
in the “Commune room,” 257;
his release, 299;
at the penal settlement, 300;
his work, 302;
hut, 303;
relations with the peasants, 312;
his treatment of the _prìstav_, 314;
assists in taking the census, 317-322;
search for a monumental stone, 323;
at Stretyensk, 325;
his longing for home, 327;
at Blagovèstshensk, 327;
flight from Siberia, 347;
at Habarovsk, 349;
Nikolsk-Ussurìsk, 349;
Vladivostock, 350;
Nagasaki, 351-353;
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