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The Romanovs' Siberian Exile System: From Decembrists to Sakhalin
In Episode 45 of The Romanov Dynasty, Lucas and Luna explore the dark underbelly of imperial Russia: the Siberian exile and penal system. Building on prior episodes about the Decembrists and the Okhrana, they trace how katorga — forced labor in Siberia — evolved from a tool for political prisoners into a sprawling penal colony. Lucas recounts the harrowing journey along the Trakt, the great Siberian road, and the lives of exiles like Fyodor Dostoevsky, who spent four years in an Omsk prison camp. The episode examines the 19th-century reforms that sent millions of peasants to Siberia for…
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