Between 1937 and 1938, the Soviet state arrested more than a million and a half of its own citizens. Roughly half were shot. The rest vanished into the labor camps.

The Terror ran on a logic all its own. It reached into workplaces, apartment buildings, and families, and it rewarded instincts that would seem monstrous in any ordinary time while punishing the ones that seem decent. Understanding how it worked means setting aside almost everything you assume about how people stay safe.

Each scenario places you in those years, facing the choices real Soviet citizens faced. Pick what you think gives you the best chance—and find out whether you’d have understood the machinery closing in around you.

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