What did citizens of the Soviet Union identify with? How did they differentiate themselves from one another? Did mass gatherings destabilize the Soviet order? How did informal groupings emerge in a society of uniform conformity? What influence did new media and media networking have on the development of the multinational Soviet society? What remained after the collapse of the Soviet framework? Manfred Zeller writes about the fans of Soviet football teams from Moscow (Spartak, Dynamo, CSKA) and Kyiv (Dynamo), telling a story of community and rivalry in the post-Stalinist multi-ethnic empire. He examines the groups that Soviet citizens formed and against whom they directed their sentiments. His monograph deals with complex loyalties in the multinational Soviet Union and the love-hate relationship between Kyiv and Moscow.