The Russian government made use of a large network of prison camps and areas of exile on the verges of its empire to deal with dissidents and criminals; by 1897 there were 300,000 Russian citizens in this system, and Vladimir was now one of them.
O goberno tsarista fixo uso dunha ampla rede de campos de concentración e de exilio na periferia do seu imperio para facer fronte aos disidentes e criminais, en 1897 había 300.000 cidadáns rusos nestes campos, e Vladimir era un deles.