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Originally Posted by Angrypokstick

Alaskan border? They are east germans not Russians.

It could be argued that a more practical person would try to get assigned to the Siberian region where they'd be close to Alaska/Japan/Freedom via defection.

Spoiler for Novel Plot:

Besides, trying to overthrow a totalitarian regime where a large part of the population are informers is incredibly difficult without dire circumstances (like the economic mess the USSR in its final years was in) or large amounts of outside help.