In 1926, his father, a bookshop owner, whose shop was nationalized by the communists, was sent to a gulag in Karelia while his mother was arrested later the same year and sent to a gulag in Siberia, on the shores of the Yenisey river.
A bookshop owner was sent to a gulag in Karelia. This was in 1926. His mother was arrested later the same year. His mother was sent to a gulag in Siberia. This was on the shores of the Yenisey river.1926 was his father. A bookshop owner's shop was nationalized by the communists.