INTO SIBERIA: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

One man's harrowing journey and the light it shone on some of history's most heinous human rights abuses. In the late 19th century, close diplomatic relations existed between the U.S. and Russia. All that changed when Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Illus.