The article considers the period of exile to the Western Siberia of the Catholic clergy representatives from Western provinces such as the Vitebsk, Grodnensk, Minsk, Moguilevsk provinces, who were exiled due to their participation in the rebellion in 1983 in Polish Kingdom. Grounded on the Russian Empire legislative acts, the archival materials and different sources the issues of the exiled group size, their staying, material circumstances and their occupation are revealed.

1. The complete set of the Russian Empire laws. 2-d edition. V. 46. Sect. 1. N 49 597. S. 564.

2. Ibid. V. 49. Sect. 1. N 53017. S. 43.

3. The Omsk Region Historical Archive (ORHA). F. 3. Inv. 6. Doc. 7754. P. 1–2, 6.

4. ORHA. F. 3. Inv. 6. Doc. 7784.

5. Ibid. Inv. 7. Doc. 11462.

6. The State Archive of the Russian Federation (SARF). F. 109. 1-st exp. of 1872 – Doc. 63.

7. The Tomsk Region State Archive (TRSA). F. 3. Inv. 2. Doc. 1149.

8. Ibid. F. 3. Inv. 4. Doc. 6318. P. 37, 37 f.v.

9. Ibid. Inv. 6. Doc. 1420. P. 4, 6–8 etc.

10. Ibid. Inv. 19. Doc. 728.

11. Ibid. Inv. 54. Doc. 1060. P. 1, 1 f.v.

12. The Altay Region State Archive (ARSA). F. 170. Inv. 1. Doc. 730-a. P. 2 f.v.

13. The Russian State Historical Archive (RSHA). F. 821. Inv. 3. Doc. 222. P. 1.

14. Ibid. F. 821. Inv. 3. Doc. 241.

15. Ibid. Doc. 427.

16. Sapargaliyev G. S., Diakov V. A. Social-political activity of the exiled Polish in Kazakhstan in the prerevolutionary period. Alma-Ata : Science, 1971. 252 p.

17. Code of laws of the Russian Empire. SPb., 1857. V. 11, рart 1. N 90. S. 21–22.

18. Jedrychevska B. The Polish exiled to Siberia in 1830–1883. Pedagogical, educational and cultural activity. Warsaw : Publishing house of the Warsaw State University, 2000. 240 p.

19. Khanevich V. The January rebellion participants and their descendants in the history of Tomsk // Powstanie styczniowe 1863–1864. Walka i uczestnicy. Represje i wygnanie. Historiografia i tradycja / Ed. W. Cabana, W. Śliwowskiej. Kielce, 2005. P. 133–144.