Boris and Anna Kozlov have a classic love story. Like many young people in love, they only had eyes for each other when they met He was a handsome young soldier, she was beautiful village girl and she caught his eye. (a.) He thought she was the most beautiful girl around. They quickly fell for each other and despite sharing different political views (b.) Boris was a soldier in Stalin's Red Army, while most of Anna's family were outspoken critics of the regime they were in love and nothing else seemed to matter. Even though Boris had to go back to fight at the front, they knew they would marry.