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Solzhenitsyn is required reading today for Russion schoolchildren. That alone ought to speak to its importance and accuracy -- not of figures per se (unbeknowns
by TimTheTinker 6y ago
Solzhenitsyn is required reading today for Russion schoolchildren. That alone ought to speak to its importance and accuracy -- not of figures per se (unbeknownst to him, some of his sources were not accurate), but the reality of the horrors committed by the Soviets, which he experienced first-hand.
Have you read at least the first few chapters of The Gulag Archipelago?
- WaxProlix 6y ago> Solzhenitsyn is required reading today for Russion schoolchildren Russia is an authoritarian oligarchy and their school system presumably reflects this. I don't think this is a mark in favor of what you think it is. > Have you read at least the first few chapters of The Gulag Archipelago? As a teenager, yes, do you think I'm missing something crucial, specifically from the early bits?