Free to Go, He Stayed in Siberia's Prison Garden
19th Century Imperial Russia

Free to Go, He Stayed in Siberia's Prison Garden

A Scottish botanist walked into Siberia's most brutal prison colony and spent twelve years turning it into a garden, and then refused to leave.

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Imperial RussiaSiberiaBotanyPrison History19th CenturyExileAgricultureQuiet Importance

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