The Russian Bastille (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Russian BastilleThe Schlusselburg Fortress was not an ordinary prison. It was a Bastille -a place for the arbitrary incarcera tion, torture and execution of political offenders. It is situated on an island on the Neva, fifty-four north of St. Petersburg. In earlier days it had been used as a prison, but not until the summer of 1884, after a long disuse and desertion, was it consigned to the purpose which it so effectively served for more than twenty-one years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.