The novel is considered a bildungsroman because it deals with Zuleihka's personal transformations as a result of the life experiences she gains, and her journey of becoming a strong woman by achieving freedom.

After an extremely long waiting time and train ride, where some people managed to escape, they arrived at the port.

The novel is a historical fiction inspired by stories told to the author by her grandmother, although actual incidents in the novel are based on other people's memoirs.

[2] The fictional setting of the novel is based on the labor settlement Pit-Gorodok in Severo-Yeniseysky District, where the author's grandmother was exiled as a child along with her parents.

[3] The series stars Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeniy Morozov, and Sergey Makovetskiy and was directed by Egor Anashkin.