ical ▁error : ▁they ▁deport ed ▁Alexand ru ▁to ▁the ▁Gul ag ▁only ▁because ▁they ▁mist ook ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁father . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁contrad icted ▁by ▁more ▁detailed ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁period . ▁It ▁sur fac ed ▁that ▁Alexand ru ▁was ▁inter rog ated ▁for ▁his ▁w art ime ▁activities ▁in ▁Bere z ov ca ▁and ▁T iras pol . ▁He ▁was ▁thus ▁formally ▁accused ▁of ▁prom oting ▁Roman ian ization , ▁of ▁sp ying ▁against ▁the ▁Soviet ▁state , ▁and ▁of ▁causing ▁some ▁ 9 6 4 ▁million ▁ру б ▁of ▁damage ▁to ▁Trans n ist ria ; ▁found ▁guilty , ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁of ▁hard ▁labor , ▁to ▁be ▁served ▁in ▁Am ur ▁O blast . ▁ ▁Sm och in ă ▁Sr . ▁went ▁into ▁hiding . ▁He ▁used ▁ali ases ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁himself ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁Car path ian ▁Mountains , ▁but ▁was ▁track ed ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁repr ess ive ▁appar atus . ▁He ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁prison , ▁and , ▁as ▁he ▁re called , ▁was ▁subject ed ▁to ▁numerous ▁beat ings . ▁His ▁academ ician ' s ▁title , ▁his ▁p ension ▁and ▁his ▁right ▁of ▁att ending ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Academy ▁Library ▁were ▁all ▁removed ▁from ▁him ▁( see ▁List ▁of ▁p urg ed ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Academy ). ▁His ▁son - in - law , ▁Di om id ▁Str ung aru , ▁was ▁stri pped ▁of ▁all ▁positions ▁in ▁academ ia , ▁and ▁had ▁to