 His journey to eastern Siberia took 11 weeks, for much of which he was accompanied by his mother and sisters.Deemed only a minor threat to the government, he was exiled to a peasant's hut in Shushenskoye, Minusinsky District, where he was kept under police surveillance; he was nevertheless able to correspond with other revolutionaries, many of whom visited him, and permitted to go on trips to swim in the Yenisei River and to hunt duck and snipe.In May 1898, Nadya joined him in exile, having been arrested in August 1896 for organising a strike.