Katya Tanya - Dau.

Their relationship is deemed "unacceptable for a Soviet woman" and is eventually crushed by the interference of the (state security) and the Institute's First Department. Patriarchal Pressure:

Katya eventually finds tenderness and understanding with her colleague DAU. Katya Tanya

Radmila Shchegoleva reportedly lived as Katya for months. When you watch her gnash her teeth, foam at the mouth, and then weep with the trembling vulnerability of a child, you are not watching a technique. You are watching a human being who has forgotten where the camera is. Lidiya Shchegoleva, her real grandmother, does not act like a character. She acts like a grandmother who is genuinely terrified for her granddaughter’s soul. Their relationship is deemed "unacceptable for a Soviet