Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1878 — Exiles to Siberia. [ARTICLE]

Exiles to Siberia.

Since the beginning of the present century nearly half a million persons have been exiled from Russia to Siberia. Between 1807 and 1812 the average transportation was 2,035 offenders a year. In 1840 the average was calculated at 5,000; in 1860 the number was 10,000, and in 1870 nearly 20,000, showing a large and remarkable increase upon the deportation during two reigns which are popularly supposed to have been more oppressive than the present. In 1877 the total was still higher, being no less than 25,000, but this increase is accounted for by the number of Circassian revolters and Bashi-Bazouk prisoners of war who were sent across the Urals as a punishment for their atrocities,