The author did not set out to write prison literature. Life had other plans. Having gone through an experience that typically remains behind closed doors, he decided to tell his story with complete sincerity—devoid of melodrama and any attempt to cast himself as a hero. For the author, this book became a way to process what he had lived through; for the reader, it serves as a gift—an opportunity to understand Belarus not through news headlines, but through an honest, human experience.