Siberian exiles [100]
Sybiracy (Siberian exiles)
Face value: 100 pln
Alloy: 900/1000 Au
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 8 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 12000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2008-03-26
Issue price: 820 pln
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
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The term 'Sybiracy' (the Siberians) is a colloquialism and is primarily used
in two meanings. In Russia, it refers to the inhabitants of Siberia who were
not members of indigenous tribes and Asian peoples. The Siberians were
basically free newcomers from the European part of the Russian Empire and
their descendants. In fact, among the Siberians there were many descendants
of the exiles or fugitives who sought shelter from prosecution or religious
persecution. However, in Poland the term 'Sybiracy' has come to denote
all the Poles who were sent into exile and forced to settle in Siberia ('sent into
exile to Siberia') from where some of them did not return. Apart from the
exiles, some Poles volunteered to settle in Siberia.
Poles first came to Siberia ...