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June 1962: Novocherkassk, the USSR. The halcyon days of Stalin’s premiership, where meat rations were plentiful and cigarettes easy to come by, are over. The Soviet people face conditions of significant hardship: Socks are seldom free of holes, backroom trades are conducted for pantyhose and candy bars, and crowds build from dusk at the local deli, desperate for whatever rations they can grab. The prices of meat and milk are on the rise and rates for workers are falling – conditions one might consider ripe for revolution. Rise up, comrades!