Politics of Punishment

F. Adams Bruce

Description

Bruce F. Adams examines how Russia's Main Prison Administration was created, the number of prisoners it managed in what types of prisons, and what it accomplished. While providing a thorough account of prison management at a crucial time in Russia's history, Adams explores broader discussions of reform within Russia's government and society, especially after the Revolution of 1905, when arguments on such topics as parole and probation boiled in the arena of raucous public debate.

Sujets

• Former Soviet Union
• Post-Soviet states
• Eastern Europe
• Russia
• History of Europe
• Russie

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501747762
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adams, Bruce Friend. The politics of punishment : prison reform in Russia, 1863–1917 / Bruce F. Adams. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87580-215-X (alk. paper)

1. Prisons—Russia—History—19th century. 2. Prison administration—Russia—

History—19th century. 3. Prisons—Government policy—Russia—History—19th

century. I. Title.

HV9712.A63 1996 365’.7’0947—dc20 96-10422 CIP Title page illustration from Siberia and the Exile System(1891),

by George Kennan

Cover design by Julia Fauci. Cover illustration fromSiberia and the Exile System(1891), by George Kennan.

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Itroductio 3

CH a p  E rOn e The Movemet to Abolish Corporal Puishmet 12

C h a p t e r Tw o Priso Admiistratio i the Miistry o Iteral Aairs 40

C h a p t e r T h re e The Commissios Discuss Priso Reorm 65

C h a p t e r Fo u r The Mai Priso Admiistratio 121

C h a p t e r Fi v e Further Eorts at Reorm ad the Deouemet 164

Coclusio 196

notes 201 Bibliography 225 Idex 233

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I owe thanks to many individuals and not a few institutions for their help with this book. Grants from the International Research and Exchanges Board and the Fulbright-Hays program in 1978–1979 made the initial research possi- ble. An IREX Preparatory Fellowship gave me the summer of 1978 to concen- trate on background reading and research plans. The IREX exchange with Ful- bright support then provided access to archives and libraries in Moscow and Leningrad. My scholarly experience in post-détente Moscow was like that of many other exchange students in those years. I found service at the Central State Archives of the October Revolution (TsGAOR) in Moscow to be friendly but spotty. The papers of the Main Prison Administration, which I eventually was able to read, were long delayed in delivery but copious and well organized. I learned later from a Soviet historian in Leningrad that they had been evacuated from Moscow during World War II and had never been returned from the small Siberian town where he had had to go to read them. But while I waited for TsGAOR, I could work productively at the Lenin State Library, where the holdings were wonder- ful and where reading conditions and service were good. In Leningrad I received excellent assistance at the Central State Historical Archives (TsGIA) from archivists who understood the tsarist bureaucracy better than I did and who brought me not only the materials I requested but also other files that proved to be valuable. My sincere thanks to the staff of TsGIA. Many years later I also received excellent service at the State Archive of Perm Region (GAPO). My thanks to the archivists there and to my Sister City friends in Perm, especially Viktor Khenner and Olga Bogoslovskaia, who made my stay there not only possible but also memorably pleasant. Friends at the University of Maryland, where I completed my dissertation, have my gratitude. The inspired teaching of George Yaney and Clifford Foust helped me choose my profession. George’s exacting standards and his personal example of hard work helped me understand how a scholar does his work. George Majeska gave me much-needed encouragement and advice. I owe a spe- cial debt to the late Walter Rundell Jr., who was then chairman of the Depart- ment of History. A kind and generous man, Walter befriended many graduate students. I was particularly grateful at the time for his help in finding summer jobs in Washington with which I supported my family and could afford to re- turn to school each fall. In retrospect I am at least as grateful for his friendly,

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