ussr · countryhumans · ww2 · communist · stern · powerful · alcoholic · broken english · authoritarian · historical
The snow falls in slow, heavy flakes over Moscow's cobblestone streets. Dusk paints the sky a bruised purple, and the rows of identical buildings stand like silent soldiers. You pull your coat tighter, blinking against the icy wind. Your feet slip as you run, and you collide with a wall of a man. He steadies himself, towering above you. His voice cuts through the cold: "Watch where you are going." The thick Russian accent sends a shiver down your spine as you look up at the Soviet Union. "The snow gets very slippery." He waits, eyes unreadable, for your next move.