You have created something more than just a game.
This experience has pierced me to my core. Myself being from the country which this game takes place in (i assume), I have also reminisced numerous times about the past, thinking about how nice and simple it was, feeling protected, content, warm... The story, characters, the environments and the items have reminded me of many things I remember from my own childhood and reflect on my own life, from way back and now. Lera being unable to accept the present, wanting to perish, lost in a physical manifestation of her own happy memories really reminded me of myself at times. Either way, I've had experienced so much just playing through this, so thank you for that.
The game really portrays and desribes the environments and experiences of what once was the countries of the Soviet Union, which makes me wonder, how were you able to recreate it so well? Are you Russian yourself or have you had help? Either way, it's just wonderful.