Бурлаки на Волге (Barge Haulers on the Volga)
These men are not convicts at all, but serfs. Бурлаки means "barge haulers". This was their job, basically. A job in which they had no choice but to do, not because they were convicts, but because they were slaves.
Barge Haulers on the Volga Posted by Regan on 17.April 2011, 17:07
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