1886 for being a member of Narodnaya Volya and establishing an underground printing shop in Taganrog. After being flogged she killed herself with poison. As a protest, 23 other political prisoners also took poison resulting in the death of 6 convicts in total, 4 women and 2 men. This event stirred a public outcry. As a consequence, the Kara katorga was closed, and the use of corporal punishment against imprisoned women and dvorians was abolished by the law of March 28, 1893. Russian artist Nikolay Kasatkin (Николай Алексеевич Касаткин) painted the picture Kara Tragedy (1930). Notable prisoners Nadezhda Sigida, revolutionary Nikolai Ishutin, one of the first Russian utopian socialists. Sergei Bobokhov, revolutionary, who committed suicide as a protest against the flogging of woman comrade in Siberia. References 1838 establishments in the Russian Empire 1890 disestablishments Defunct prisons in Russia Mass suicides History of Zabaykalsky Krai