So wrote one Czech critic of this issue. Dana Kyndrova’s work spans both the Soviet period, where she declared her freedom to critically examine social control, crowd manipulation and other aspects of the regime, and the period of Russian withdrawal from her own country, and the collapse of the communist regime. Her unfolding story is one of tragedy for a people once despised in the wake of the 1968 invasion, now rejected by those who are increasingly identifying with the West.