Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction To Where the Sovereign Chooses... Exile to the service in which he will be useful Punishment for Insignificant Crimes Whoever's not with us is against us Only Ermak can compete with me Conclusion Bibliography
Synopsis
Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development.