The article is devoted to highlighting the topic of everyday life of political prisoners of the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries using the example of biographical information from the lives of prominent cultural and public figures of Ukraine who were convicted by the imperial regime and served their sentences in the Chernihiv Prison Castle.

The goal is to try to find out how the life of political prisoners was determined by the legal norms of that time and, based on personal memories, to highlight the features of everyday life of Ukrainian passionaries in the Chernihiv Prison Castle.

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that today the view on the prison is changing. This study allows us to supplement the idea of the history of the penitentiary institution of the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries and consider it as a place of memory.

Conclusions. The analysis of the biographies of Semyon Nos, Ilya Shrag, and Vira Deisha allowed us to supplement our understanding of the daily life, living conditions, diet, treatment methods, and social communications of political prisoners in the second half of the 19th century and to provide a more detailed picture of the inner life of the Chernihiv prison castle.

Key words: history of everyday life, prison, political prisoners, Chernihiv prison castle.

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