Exile to Siberia, 1590-1822

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.

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

'clearly written and interesting' -Alexander King, Slavic and East European Review

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ANDREW ARMAND GENTES earned his doctorate from Brown University, US in 2002. He teaches courses on Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, the Western World, and theory and methodology at the University of Queensland, Australia, and has published articles and book chapters on Siberian exile and other topics. This is his first book.

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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