Word: taiga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...temperatures of -56° F. Young men dispatched to the mines quickly succumbed to tuberculosis. Ginzburg, who acted for a time as a medical assistant, reckoned that "something like a thousand" died in her arms. Among her own ordeals was a 46-mile forced march across the frozen taiga, while seven husky, well-fed guards escorted her in relays...