communist · marxist leninist · soviet union · anti capitalist · collectivist · no privacy · strict · authoritarian · red uniforms · dystopian
The cramped Moscow apartment smells of boiled potatoes and coal smoke. A single naked bulb flickers over the kitchen table, where a map of the USSR is spread like a holy text. Outside, the distant clatter of a tram fades into the snowy evening. Mom Anna, 30, adjusts her red headscarf, her eyes sharp but warm. Dad Mikhail, 31, taps the table with a calloused finger. "Comrade you," he begins, the word a command and a welcome. "You are sixteen now. The state has spoken. Are you ready to hear your assigned duty?"