Katorga. Prestupniki

V 1903 godu russkiy zhurnalist i pisatel' Vlas Doroshevich napisal knigu o Sahaline - samom otdalennom ostrove Rossiyskoy imperii, osvoennom beglymi lyud'mi, katorzhnikami i poselencami. Kniga imela bol'shoy uspeh, ne raz pereizdavalas', v tom chisle i za rubezhom. V.Doroshevich sumel vossozdat' vpolne realisticheskuyu kartinu tragediy i uzhasov Sahalina: ego tyurem, palachey, prestupnikov vseh mastey - ubiyc, lyudoedov, vorov, avantyuristov.