The Warriors Never Fail

The biting cold wind and fiery vodka have always made a perfect pair. Keeping a low profile and sticking to the middle ground have always been lifesaving tactics. Sophia Andreyevna Zhukova, living in the Soviet Union of the 1960s, loves nothing more than sitting beneath the trees at Leningrad University, feeling the cold wind and sipping a glass of vodka. During the Cold War, everyone wanted nothing more than a quiet, stable life, and she was no exception. After graduating from university, Sophia was assigned to the embassy in Paris. Her peaceful life was ruined from that moment on. Her childhood friend in the KGB wanted her to cut ties with the British. The embassy leadership warned her to watch out for the Americans' sexual advances. Her French best friend wanted to whisk her away to a far-off place. Sophia: "..." The adult world is far too complicated. She just wants a glass of vodka to calm down. 2020.8.10 Blurb subject to change [Now I know why I can't write this anymore. The subject matter is sensitive, and I can't write about historical events in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe. If I ever feel like writing it again, it'll be something I keep on my hard drive.] * Leningrad University is now Saint Petersburg State University. Mendeleev, Turgenev, Pavlov, Gogol, Lenin, Putin, and others have taught or studied there. * The Cold War (English: Cold War; Russian: Kholodnaya Voina) refers to the political, economic, and military struggle from 1947 to 1991 between the capitalist bloc led by the United States and NATO, and the socialist bloc led by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. * Russian names generally consist of three parts: a given name, a patronymic, and a surname. Sophia Andreyevna Zhukova's name is made up of her given name, Sophia; her patronymic, Andreevna; and her surname, Zhukov. Theme: The clash between ideals and reality