The glorious ideals, promises to reach stars and beyond that were given to soviet citizens. Some even fulfilled, without doubt of possibility to conquer space and surface. Only to wake up one day to realize the dream had fallen so did the homeland yet they kept holding on to it, having no time for sadness for nothing can be done except survive.
Applicable to person and a country that had sudden drastic change to life in a day.
Tor took first steps towards his family building only to wake up to flipped country in political turmoil and war in just day, but his future expectations are still the soviet dream.