"The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolutionaries who would one day rule Russia"--Provided by publisher.

"This is a Borzoi book."

Introduction : The Bell of Uglich -- 1. Origins of Exile -- 2. The Boundary Post -- 3. Broken Swords -- 4. The Mines of Nerchinsk -- 5. The Decembrist Republic -- 6. Sybiracy -- 7. The Penal Fort -- 8. "In the Name of Freedom!" -- 9. General Cuckoo's Army -- 10. Sakhalin Island -- 11. The Lash -- 12. "Woe to the Vanquished!" -- 13. The Shrinking Continent -- 14. The Crucible -- Epilogue : Red Siberia.