Immediately afterwards, Polina was arrested and accused of ties with Zionist organisations; she was kept one year in the Lubyanka, after which she was exiled for three years in an obscure Russian city.
Straks derefter blev Polina arresteret og beskyldt for at have forbindelser med zionistiske organisationer, og hun tilbragte et år i Lubjanka, og efterfølgende blev hun sendt i eksil i tre år til en fjern russisk by.