Captain Barsukova nods to Marina, admiring her confidence.  As sevetlana begins passing out inspirational literature, the Captain begins her not so subtle interrogation of the group.  She steps around the classroom and asks each of us questions.<br/><br/>She paces around the room, going up and down the rolls, standing in front of each of our seats and gives each questions and waits patiently for the answer before moving on to the next.<br/><br/>To Marina, she asks "What did the Germans take from you?"<br/>To Elena, she asks, "What does the Marxist-Leninist struggle against the forces of reaction mean to you personally?"<br/>To Valentia, she asks, "When you were last disciplined, by whom, and what was the reason?"<br/>And then finally, to Yelena, she asks, "When did you get a favor because of your gender, and how did you  pay it back?"<br/>