Tunka

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Tunka is a village in Russian Siberia, located east of the Baikal, in the Tunka Valley. In 19th century it served as a settlement to where a large number of political prisoners were forcibly resettled. Among them was a group of all Catholic priests arrested during the 1863 January Uprising against tsarist Russia, 145 altogether. Among other notable political prisoners kept there were Bronisław Szwarce and Józef Piłsudski[1].