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The Great Purge
The Cogwheel
The cogwheel that Kolya sends Sofia symbolizes the hypocritical nature of the Soviet Union during the 1930s. On the one hand, the Soviet Union celebrates intelligent innovators like Kolya, framing the technological advancements they make…
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The Anonymous Newspaper Article
The anonymous newspaper article denouncing Sofia for defending Natasha symbolizes the tense and paranoid social climate of the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Nobody, it seems, is safe from scrutiny, as evidenced by the fact…
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