“…The choices confronting the heroine reflect the major transformations that started in Soviet society in the 1920s, shattering traditional lifestyles and value systems for the sake of the new ideals and civic duties proclaimed by the state.…”

“…The choices confronting the heroine reflect the major transformations underway in the Soviet society from the 1920s on that shattered traditional lifestyles and value systems for the sake of new ideals and civic duties proclaimed by the state.…”