Alexander Herzen (1812-1870) was the pre-eminent figure of 19th century Russian intelligentsia and the ´´father of Russian socialism´´. He was exiled to Siberia in 1933 for his activism in a group of young socialists and later moved to London where he founded the ´´Free Russian Press´´ to avoid Russian censorship. Herzen´s revolutionary ideas of an unique ´´Russian path´´ of socialism were essentially influenced by European thinkers as Hegel, Mill and Proudhon. His contemporaries described him as ´´a distinguished Russian refugee, who endeavours to blend German philosophy, French political theory and English practical common sense with his original Russian nature.´´ ´´My exile in Siberia´´ contains a selection of Herzen´s biographical writings. It was originally published 1855 and is still considered one of the greatest works of Russian exile literature. Volume 1 of 2.