Personal Account

Abstract

I was born in the Soviet Union, a socialist state governed by the Communist Party with Marxist–Leninist ideology. Since I was very little, I was clearly aware that I lived in a closed, isolated country. I knew that the world was big, full of unknown mysterious possibilities that I could not be a part of. I was living in a grey conformity bubble that was very comfortable (free education, medical care, housing) which was at the same time superficial and cut off from the rest of the world. Looking at the images of modern North Korea gives me a very familiar feeling, this was my world then.