From 1952 to 1956, Maria was put to work in a labor camp near the city of Gorkiy (now Nizhniy Novgorod) in Russia.
U bva nga 1952 u swika nga 1956, Maria o vha a tshi shuma gammbani i re tsini na ḓorobo ya ngei Gorkiy (hune zwino ya vhidzwa Nizhniy Novgorod) kha ḽa Russia.