Well, You definitely managed to grasp the atmoshpere of the time just before the USSR fall. When soviet institutions were dysfunctional to the core and new ones weren't created yet. "Hell", indeed. Good thing there is a humor in the game, I would be depressed otherwise, knowing i have to experience it againSovet theme because I saw weird fascination some western people had with what was a literal hell according to all my relatives. And with the whole “Write what you know” concept, my choice of setting naturally fell on the USSR.
Oh, and yes - definitely Blaze of glory.