* Dead Souls by Gogol I read it to try to understand why Russia sees it self as a super power. It is an amazing book, it does not bring enlightenment but made

* Dead Souls by Gogol I read it to try to understand why Russia sees it self as a super power. It is an amazing book, it does not bring enlightenment but made me see the war propaganda in another light. There was a recent thread with Russsian literature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33032708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33032708 where the short stories by Gogol were recommended, I agree.