He was then sent to one of the worst penal settlements, the remote fortress of Novopetrovsk in the mouth of the Syr Darya, where he spent six terrible years of mental and physical torment.
Dia dikirim ke salah satu penjara yang terburuk, benteng Novopetrovsk yang terpencil di tepi Syr Darya, di mana ia mengalami 6 tahun penyiksaan fisik maupun mental.