They made it to a nearby town, but were arrested there ... when Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev declared an amnesty for Gulag prisoners, in the post-Stalin "thaw". He stayed in Magadan ...

Leonas Bogdanavichus was sent to the Vorkuta gulag, one of the largest and deadliest ... the story of his family sheds light on the history of the town and of the country, with more nuances ...