sorry I took time to answer because I had problems with my password! thank you for the answers; I look at the story on the website but it's not exactly the...
Washington Times July 31, 2005 Editorial Solzhenitsyn's works Around the time he received his Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, the Russian author and...
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That's good news! Can wew assume these will be definitive editions? Does Vremia have an American distributor? Steve ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Does anyone know where to send a letter to Mr. Solzhenitsyn? Is there an editor, publisher, post office box or anything that an admirer might use? I am not...
BBC Monitoring Russian TV says Putin's initiatives inspired by Solzhenitsyn Source: RTR Russia TV, Moscow, in Russian 1900 gmt 5 Sep 05 The Russian president...
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Sep 7, 2005 4:44 pm
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I earlier posted the BBC news item. The reporter was unfortunately either poorly informed or made a deliberate distortion when he attributed the phrase about...
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Dear Alex, The phrase "preserving [or saving] the people"---what are we missing in the translation? Ii sounds like maintaining the society in a changeless...
Dear Phil, Your understanding of "preserve" is strangely limited to the culinary associations of the word, perhaps because you are a devotee of pickling and...
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I agree with Alex. Russia has been in a long territorial, moral and economic decline, though the latter seems to be on the upswing now. But Russia is also...
Thank you, William. Serious people who wish to know what Solzhenitsyn actually says about the "preservation of the people" should read "The Russian Question"...
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I'm reading the French translation of AIS's post-expulsion memoirs and I frequently came across these terms: 1st emigration, 2nd emigration and the 3rd...
The term "first emigration" refers to individuals that left Russia in the wake of the 1917 Revolution, most particularly during or after the Civil War. (The...
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Hello. Apologies for the simplicity of my request. I would simply like to write to Mr Solzhenitsyn and request him to sign my battered copy of 'Cancer Ward'. I...
From today's New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/international/europe/05lenin.html): [image: The New York Times] <http://www.nytimes.com/> ... ...
Maybe it sounds rather macabre, but perhaps a travelling exhibit could be arranged with another famous preserved person--Jeremy Bentham, in which the two would...
The Great Bentham - Lenin Debates! By themselves they wouldn't be terribly lively, so perhaps they ought to be put in dramatic oratorical postures -- arm...
I think they should charge people $20 to see him. The ultimate dichotomy—making money of the founding father of Communism! It’s perfect! Steve Petrica...
Russian government suddenly worries about the lack of patriotism in Russia 11/12/2005 16:54 Was the collapse of the USSR the greatest tragedy of the...
This has no direct AIS connection, but it sounds like it a fine exhibition! People within driving distance of Baltimore may want to go see it. Steve ...
This inquiry came in the other day from a professor on the west coast. I'll crack the book out and take a look, but I fear this calls for a level of experise...
In the small window of time wherein Yeltsin flashed open the vaults of the KGB HQ, were any AIS-related documents forthcoming from the Russian Federation...
I append the announcement about the soon-to-be-released Russian TV serial on Solzhenitsyn's First Circle. It premieres on Jan 29 and will contain at least 10...
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This half-hour programme, first aired on 17 January, may be of interest. Before speaking about his recent return to Russia, Stephan reminisces about his...
Thank you, Alex, for this information on the First Circle TV serial. Maybe some day it will become available in the US (Netflix?). Talking about movies, does...
This tape (VHS) used to be available from St.Petersburg bookstore on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, a couple of years ago. I have no idea whether it is still on...
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... From: Kolya from Yahoo <aylok3@...> To: Krista Berglund <Krista.Berglund@...> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:03:57 PM Subject: Re:...
Return of the bad old days? From the Sunday Telegraph ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/29/wruss29.xml ): Putin 'uses Soviet scare...
