After the Nazis retreated from her town in Soviet Ukraine in 1944, 21-year-old Yelena Markova was convicted of treason and sent to the infamous coal mines of Vorkuta above the Arctic circle.
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People carry portraits of late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and World War Two soldiers during the Immortal Regiment march as they celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in WWII in Sevastopol, Crimea, on May 9, 2017.
