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==Imprisonment==

==Imprisonment==

When a person was impridoned, by law their families - wives, children, brothers, sisters and parents - had to go to court and divorce or disown the person, as it was an imprisonable  offense itself to be related to an enemy of the people. Upon release, a prisoner had no family to go home to.

When a person was imprisoned, by law their families - wives, children, brothers, sisters and parents - had to go to court and divorce or disown the person, as it was an imprisonable  offense itself to be related to an enemy of the people. Upon release, a prisoner had no family to go home to.

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 [[Khazackstan]]. 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.

When a person served out their time behind barbed wire, the system of internal banishment remained in place. A released prisoner then usually had to settle down in the village or community neighboring the Gulag camp where the guards lived, and find employment usually in some service sector industry supporting the prison guards and their families.

When a person served out their time behind barbed wire, the system of internal banishment remained in place. A released prisoner then usually had to settle down in the village or community neighboring the Gulag camp where the guards lived, and find employment usually in some service sector industry supporting the prison guards and their families.