 
 <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. <ibo> Akụkụ dị mkpa maka ịza ajụjụ a bụ: Ọ na-esochi mmegbu Stalinist nke etiti narị afọ nke 20 ma na-eso ndụ Lina ka a chụpụrụ ya na nne ya na nwanne ya nwoke na njem ha na-aga n'ogige ọrụ mmanye na Siberia. N'ihi ya, azịza ya bụ n'etiti narị afọ nke 20. 