 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzhizha ra1930, 16th Communist Congressvakasangana, uye nhau yaLosev yakakurukurwa. Bhuku racho rakarambwa nemutungamiri wezvematongerwe enyika Lazar Kaganovich uye munyori wemitambo Vladimir Kirshon uyo akati nokuda kwemashoko asina kujeka akadaro akamuisa parusvingo kuti aurayiwe. Makopi ose 500 ebhuku racho akatorwa ndokuparadzwa. Pashure pemwedzi 4 ari muLubyanka, Losev akaendeswa kujeri reButyrskaia kwaakachengetwa kwemimwe mwedzi 13. VaLosev vakatongerwa kuita zvechisimba: Valentina akatongerwa makore mashanu uye Aleksei akatongerwa makore gumi ebasa rakaoma kuNorthern Russia. Losev akaendeswa kumisasa yechibharo yeGulag kunoshanda pakuvakwa kweWhite Sea Baltic Canal. Pakutanga, akaiswa kubasa rokutakura matanda, asi utano hwake hwakakundikana uye akapiwa basa rokurinda usiku pane imwe nzvimbo yokuchengetera matanda. Ikoko akatanga kurasikirwa nokuona kwake zvishoma nezvishoma nemhaka yokushaya zvokudya zvinovaka muviri, kunyange zvazvo akabatanidzwazve nomudzimai wake muna 1932 mumusasa wevashandi weBelbaltlag. Muna December 1931, Maxim Gorky akanyora nehasha muPravda uye muIzvestia kuti ainzwa urombo kuti Losev akanga achiri mupenyu kuti asvibise mhepo yeSoviet. 