Under the Soviet system, a person was banished from the Moscow Center (Red Square) by a distance of meters. The farthest being 7000 meters, or the Kolyma River in far Eastern Siberia. 1500 to 3000 meters usually meant the salt mines of [[Kazakhstan]]. 3500 to 5000 meters usually was the River Lena in central Siberia. | Under the Soviet system, a person was banished from the Moscow Center (Red Square) by a distance of meters. The farthest being 7000 meters, or the Kolyma River in far Eastern Siberia. 1500 to 3000 meters usually meant the salt mines of [[Kazakhstan]]. 3500 to 5000 meters usually was the River Lena in central Siberia. |