 He served this term of imprisonment in Mordva camps for political prisoners in the villages of Ozernoye and Barashevo, where he frequently took part in protests, demonstrations and hunger strikes.Chornovil spent half of his term at Camp 17 in the punishment cell or in solitary confinement in the camp prison.Chornovil renounced his Soviet citizenship and decided to move to Canada in 1975, but was not permitted to do so.