A young couple wander through Moscow before dawn. The streets are almost empty, the city seems to belong entirely to them, and cranes fly high above as Boris and Veronika imagine a future that still appears wonderfully open. Within hours, Germany will invade the Soviet Union, Boris will volunteer for the army, and the private …
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