ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that literary representations of Siberian exile played a crucial role in fashioning the self-image of the Russian revolutionary intelligentsia as it emerged from the late nineteenth century onwards. It also argues that Siberia also became an object of fascination for the Victorian (and later American) reading public during roughly the same period, but for different reasons. The book shows that siberian exile became an international cause celebre. It also argues that individuals such as Mariia Shkol'nik, Egor Sozonov, Mariia Spiridonova and Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia succeeded in crafting powerful personal mythologies from their aura of Siberian martyrdom.
