> Solzhenitsyn is required reading today for Russion schoolchildren Russia is an authoritarian oligarchy and their school system presumably reflects this. I do

> 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?