02592cam a2200313 i 4500 1128906112 TxAuBib 20240120120000.0 230524s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023016840 9781250280053 hardcover 1250280052 hardcover TxAuBib rda Into Siberia : George Kennan's epic journey through the brutal, frozen heart of Russia / Gregory Wallance. George Kennan's epic journey through the brutal, frozen heart of Russia. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. xvi, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: the bells of Uglich -- The frozen world from which even the favor of the creator has withdrawn -- As miserable as a young boy can be -- I have the satisfaction of knowing that I have not failed in anything -- The mountaineers of the Caucasus -- The making of a journalist -- It will really be a magnificent trip -- Every respiration seemed to pollute me to the very soul -- The exile system is worse than I believed it to be -- A Telega will simply jolt a man's soul out in twenty-four hours -- The mines of Kara -- There are people who intend to murder us -- Siberia and the exile system -- Epilogue: the changing of the guard. "In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear. Prisoners in the mines were chained day and night to their wheelbarrows as punishment. Babies in exile parties froze to death in their mothers arms. Kennan came to call the exiles experience in Siberia a {28}perfect hell of misery. Provided by publisher. 20240120. Journalists United States Biography. Biographies.