A strip of land running through Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania between latitudes 52° and 54° N. This is where four architects of terror were born: three Poles and one Lithuanian who turned violence into a system. The last of them, Jan Tertel, is now suffocating Belarus. Our authors have researched the life and career of Lukashenka's KGB chief, closely following the rare publications about him in independent media and mentions on internet forums.