In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

Laurent Maletas Innokenty Volodin
F. Murray Abrahamas Stalin
Christopher Plummeras Viktor Abakumov
Robert Powellas Gleb Nershin
Victor Garberas Lew Rubin
Dominic Raackeas Nikolaj Schtschagow
Günther Maria Halmeras Wladimir Tschelnow
Coraly Zahoneroas Clara Makaraguine
Heath Lambertsas Major Shikin
David Hewlettas 'Ruska' Rostislav