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Exiles Return as New Russia Opens Door to Siberia
Siberian exiles freed by the new regime race toward the trans Siberian railway to reach freedom before spring thaw. Some 100,600 prisoners, including political offenders and exiles, seek home as officials tour remote outposts to explain the constituent assembly vote. Many travel on sleds, facing harsh conditions, with 6,000 arriving at Irkutsk five days after revolution.
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Tyumen
Siberia
Petrograd
London
Ifty
Russia
North Asia
Lena
Liet News of Liberty
Associated Press
Duma
M. Rosenoff
Council of Empire
Urals
Siberian Express
Ekaterinburg
Verkholenska
Lake Baikal
Odessa
Black Sea
Irkutsk