Character Development: Lyudmila kills 308 fascists without remorse (even tortures some of them) because she sees them as subhuman.Cassandra Truth: Lyudmila's boast of killing 309 fascists is so audacious that even Mrs.Years later she still has PTSD over this. Buried Alive: Lyudmila is buried in her trench by a shell, but fortunately Makarov digs her out and rushes her to the hospital.Blood-Splattered Innocents: In her first time in combat Lyudmila knocks out a tank, then aims at an officer but hesitates to kill a man whose face she can see until the man next to her is killed, splattering her with his blood.Instead of swapping spit, they swap blood. Blood from the Mouth: Lyudmila gets in a fist fight, Leonid saves her and gets his lip busted, then they make out.Still though, the USSR is simply defending itself from Nazis. Their demonization of Germans is treated negatively, and when Lyudmila is confronted with her country's crimes (such as the gulags, the Invasion of Poland, and the Winter War) by a reporter, she has no valid rebuttal.
Artistic License History: There's one very glaring example.Makarov does change his mind after Lydmila is buried alive by a shell, but he's been killed in combat by the time she recovers.She loves Makarov but Makarov doesn't love her, and Boris loves her but she doesn't love Boris. All Love Is Unrequited: Lyudmila is both on the giving end, and the receiving end.Affectionate Nickname: Lyudmila's husband's name is actually Alexei Kitsenko, but she called him Leonid/Lyonya.