Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume 12, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 946-952

Exile to settlement in siberia in the criminal punishment system of the Russian Empire in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Article)

Volchetskaia T.S. , Smirnov L.B. , Shestakov D.A.
  • a Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 14 A. Nevskogo Str, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russian Federation
  • b The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 48 Moyka Embankment, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
  • c The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 48 Moyka Embankment, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation

Abstract

The paper focuses on the evolution of the exile to settlement in Siberia from being a mitigating alternative to the death penalty to becoming a criminal punishment that ranks third in severity. It also provides an assessment of the theory that the exile was a way of Siberian colonization. We explore the role of the exile in the transformation of serf peasants into the state peasants in Siberia. The papers analyses various crimes punishable by the exile to settlement in Siberia in the imperial period. The authors consider the use of the exile of the convicted person together with his relatives as a way to prevent escapes. The involvement of statistical data led to the conclusion that by the early 20th century “colonization” function failed. © 2019 Siberian Federal University. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

attainder Decrees Exile to settlement in Siberia Code of Criminal and Corrective Penalties of 1845 Criminal justice system

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070240817&doi=10.17516%2f1997%e2%80%931370%e2%80%930433&partnerID=40&md5=1949f437c65b19423b793c164fc6a14b
DOI: 10.17516/1997–1370–0433
ISSN: 19971370
Original Language: English