From the history of the struggle of political prisoners for their rights: The riot in Tsaritsyn prison

Abstract

In the article, when researching the events related to the riot of prisoners in Tsaritsyn prison in June 1904, various aspects of the stay of political prisoners in prisons of the Russian Empire are comprehensively considered, with an emphasis on the study of tactics and methods of their confrontation with the prison administration, which they articulated as a struggle for their rights and dignity, considering it as a continuation of the revolutionary struggle with tsarism. The article shows the conditions and causes of the maturation of the riot, as an excess of confrontation between political prisoners and the prison administration, and analyzes its consequences.

Keywords

• tsaritsyn prison
• political prisoners
• provocation
• prison riot
• revolutionary struggle