An enthusiastic portrait of communist Russia in 1934, interesting for both experts and those who still do not know the practical application of communism in society today. The impressions recorded by Kostas Varnalis in the newspaper "Eleftheros Anthropos" summarize the entire course of the communist vision of the time. Written before Stalin's great purges, by a writer characterized by joy for life, they perfectly convey communist optimism. Education, church, love, prostitution, sports, work, housing, health, social welfare, art, literature, everything was shaped accordingly. His responses from the First Congress of Soviet Writers - during which Varnalis visited the USSR - summarize the principles of socialist realism. His committed speech contrasts with the lightness of the Letters from Paris (Archive Editions, 2013), betraying a different sense of humor and a different kind of joy for life, but maintaining its main characteristics: momentum, zest for life, the need for communication with fellow human beings, love, goodwill, faith, and admiration for the new. The edition includes rich archival photographic material.