Simonov wrote admiringly of the redemptive power of slave labour and the White Sea Canal, one of the gigantic Stalinist infrastructure projects built on the skeletons of prisoners.

• 西蒙诺夫在字里行间透露出对奴役劳动的救赎力量和白海运河的歌颂。白海运河是斯大林时期一项浩大的基础工程，夺去了许多囚犯的生命。