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At first it seems slightly dissonant that this is on a .ru domain, given what Orwell had to say about Russia, the Russian revolution and Communism. But, on refl
by hermitcrab 3y ago
At first it seems slightly dissonant that this is on a .ru domain, given what Orwell had to say about Russia, the Russian revolution and Communism. But, on reflection, maybe that is all the more reason why a .ru domain is appropriate.
I love the clarity of Orwell's writing. To me, Orwell and Kafka (I've only read English translations) are paragons of clear and beautiful prose.
- PinkSheep 3y agoFirstly, it's there because the copyright on his works has long expired in Russia. Secondly, there happened to be an individual who was passionate about a topic. Notice how it's "web 1.0". I don't know if people create such single-use libraries/sites nowadays. > given what Orwell had to say about Russia ... who has never visited Russia and his best effort was to extrapolate his experiences in Spain.
- hermitcrab 3y agoI think he had plenty of experience of Russian communism during the Spanish civil war, even if he never visited Russia.
- jampekka 3y agoUSA has always been at war with post-soviet Russia.