 
 <translate> The important part for answering this question is: It follows the Stalinist repressions of the mid-20th century and follows the life of Lina as she is deported from her native Lithuania with her mother and younger brother and the journey they take to a labor-camp in Siberia.
Therefore, the answer is the mid-20th century. <hau> Muhimmin bangare don amsa wannan tambayar ita ce: Yana bin matsin lambar Stalinist a tsakiyar karni na 20 kuma yana bin rayuwar Lina yayin da aka kore ta daga Lithuania ta asali tare da mahaifiyarta da ƙaramin ɗan'uwanta da kuma tafiyar da suka yi zuwa sansanin aiki a Siberia. Saboda haka, amsar ita ce tsakiyar ƙarni na 20. 