Izhevsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Soviet Union, Russia and Europe
the man
Chell is the protagonist of the game. It doesn't say for sure, but some speculate that when Aperture Science held it's first 'bring your daughter to work day' the AI they had constructed, GLaDOS,...
to say andrei in Japanese is アンドレイ and it is read andorei hope this helps :)
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