Memories of polish political exiles as the source in the history of exiles in Transbaikalia in 1860-70ss

The article analyzes the memoirs of the Polish exiles (Ya.Sivinskii, L. Menzhinskii, L. Zelonko, B. Dybovskii, E. Chapskii) as the source in the history of exile of participants of the Polish rebellion in 1863-1864 in Transbaikalia. Collected memoirs allow re-enacting the conditions of following the stages, serving the hard works, special features of colonies, relations among the exiles, and their attitude to the Siberian society.