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* BuxomIsBetter: Irina thinks that buxom and curvy Liz [[ParentPreferredSuitor is much prettier than thin, scrawny Maryana and would be a better wife for Oleg]].

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Irina thinks that buxom and curvy Liz [[ParentPreferredSuitor is much prettier than thin, scrawny Maryana and would be a better wife for Oleg]].



* YoungerThanTheyLook: Thomas Hind looks and behaves like an elderly man. He's barely forty. Justified due to the conditions he has lived in.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Thomas Hind looks and behaves like an elderly man. He's barely forty. Justified due to the conditions he has lived in.in.
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* MeaningfulName: In Russian, "dikiy" means "wild". Dick is the ProudWarrwiorRaceGuy who embraces life in the wilderness.

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* MeaningfulName: In Russian, "dikiy" means "wild". Dick is the ProudWarrwiorRaceGuy ProudWarriorRaceGuy who embraces life in the wilderness.
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* FriendlyRivalry: Despite their [[BrainsAndBrawn very different characters]] and despite both of them being in love with Maryana, Oleg and Dick get on quite well.

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* FriendlyRivalry: Despite their [[BrainsAndBrawn very different characters]] and despite both of them being in love with Maryana, Oleg and Dick get on quite well. They do squabble with each other occasionally, but not more frequently than with other people. Justified, of course, since in the conditions they live in, they can't ''afford'' to quarrel over girls (when Sergeyev tells Oleg about his AwfulWeddedLife and how his wife wanted to leave him, Oleg even wonders where she would have gone in the tiny village).

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* ActionSurvivor: An entire village of them.

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* ActionSurvivor: An entire village of them. The scientists from ''The Pole'' and their children are forced to adapt to the horrific living conditions.



* BigBrotherMentor: Dick acts as one to Kazik.

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* BigBrotherMentor: Dick acts as one to Kazik.Kazik, taking him to the forest for hunting.



* BuxomIsBetter: Irina thinks that buxom and curvy Liz [[ParentPreferredSuitor is much prettier than thin, scrawny Maryana and would be a better wife for Oleg]].



* FriendlyRivalry: Despite their [[BrainsAndBrawn very different characters]] and despite both of them being in love with Maryana, Oleg and Dick get on quite well.



* LoveDodecahedron: One that is heavily downplayed and never fully resolved, too. Oleg loves Maryana and she him, but Maryana also is attracted to Dick and has ShipTease with him, and he is confirmed to be in love with her too; Dick and Oleg likewise both have a more crude and lustful attraction to Liz, who is in love with Oleg.



* MeaningfulName: In Russian, "dikiy" means "wild". Dick is the ProudWarriorRaceGuy who embraces life in the wilderness.
* MultinationalTeam: The ''Pole'' carried scientists from several countries.
* MyBelovedSmother: Irina has shades of it towards Oleg. She is aware of it and apologizes whenever she goes too far.

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* MeaningfulName: In Russian, "dikiy" means "wild". Dick is the ProudWarriorRaceGuy ProudWarrwiorRaceGuy who embraces life in the wilderness.
* MultinationalTeam: The ''Pole'' carried scientists from several countries.
of various nationalities (judging by the names, there definitely are Russians, Lithuanians, Japanese, and some unspecified native English speakers).
* MyBelovedSmother: Irina has shades of it towards Oleg. Oleg, fussing over him and trying to keep him from doing anything remotely dangerous. She is aware of it and often apologizes whenever when she goes too far.


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* NoRomanticResolution: Since romance is far from the main theme of the book, it is at most likely that Oleg and Maryana will end up together; but Maryana likewise has a lot of ShipTease moments with Dick, including after Oleg's LoveEpiphany towards her.
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okay, reread the book more carefully, there's no definite romantic resolution


* BetterAsFriends: After bits of ShipTease throughout the book, [[spoiler:Dick and Maryana]] are in the end content to stay friends.
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''Those Who Survive'', also ''The Village'' (Посёлок, Posyolok) is a two-part novel by Kir Bulychev, first published in serialized form between 1980 and 1984. It is a part of his ''Literature/DoctorPavlysh'' cycle, but the doctor only makes an appearance in the second part.

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''Those Who Survive'', also ''The Village'' (Посёлок, Posyolok) is a two-part novel by Kir Bulychev, first published in serialized form between 1980 and 1984. It is a part of belongs to his ''Literature/DoctorPavlysh'' cycle, but the doctor only makes an appearance in the second part.

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