In the discussions we've had about why AIS doesn't criticize Putin, I haven't wholly been convinced by the arguments that Putin is a lot less malevolent than...
Google pointed me to an article where one of the mass of new CIA documents recently released was an appraisal of the Soviet Union's situation dealing with...
Interesting sidelight on AIS in today's Guardian. They extract a bit from the memoir of Ronald Harwood -- the screenwriter who adapted "One Day..." for the...
I'm surprised to read that AIS never called Cancer Ward a novel, but a tale. Apparently CW didn't have enough characters. Is this definition of "novel" unique...
I just discovered a short video on Youtube, with a newscast story in English about AIS's recent award from President Putin. The video is 2 minutes 20 seconds...
DanJo, There isn't a hard and fast "technical" definition of a novel as to size. A novel is a fictional work that is bigger than a short story. When does a...
Many thanks, Daneejo, for bringing this video to the attention of the AIS list. I had not been aware that this material was available in English. Alex Klimoff...
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Jul 8, 2007 3:34 am
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You're welcome, Alexis. I've discovered now the source of the broadcast. It is apparently the NTDTV network (New Tang Dynasty TV), a network for overseas...
For a couple of weeks now I've been tempted to post how I dislike the photo we've got on our site of AIS and Putin, where Putin is standing up shaking AIS's...
I put that picture up because it pertains to current developments with Solzhenitsyn, and it's the only I came across. But I agree that it's a jolt seeing how...
From yesterday's Daily Telegraph: When truth eclipses style By A N Wilson Last Updated: 12:01am BST 16/07/2007 *World of books* One Nobel prizewinner who is...
Nice to see this even if it reinforces the myth that Solzhenitsyn is not a stylish writer(surely poor, tragic Svetlana A. is not the final arbiter on the...
Mahoney, Daniel (Poli...
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Jul 17, 2007 2:29 pm
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Quoting Aliluyeva- what a great idea! And what a quote! Even among her pearls this one (that mentions provincial physicist) stands out as amazingly stupid. ...
What impressed me most about that A.N. Wilson piece was his comment about reading Cancer Ward: "All week, the comings and goings of "real" people in my life...
OK, you've got me interested! I've never read a Solzhenitsyn novel, just the non-fiction. I attempted August 1914, but couldn't get into it. Would you...
I'd say the obvious initial choice is One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Cancer Ward would be a good choice for the next literary work to read, though...
I very much second the comments of Ed Ericson and would like to add that the choice of English translation is also very important: By all means read "One Day"...
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Jul 20, 2007 2:04 pm
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Well, I remembered that I had read "One Day" many years ago in school. Actually I was intrigued by the anecdote about people in real life seeming fictional...
This article is only peripherally related to Solzhenitsyn, so I'll only post the link. Having bought the British argument concerning Putin and recent...
This article is only peripherally related to Solzhenitsyn, so I'll only post the link. Having bought the British argument concerning Putin and recent...
The article talks about Litvinenko's conspiracy theories, but Raimondo himself isn't above floating his own at times. Personally I don't think perspicicity...
I think it is a terrible mistake to assume that Solzhenitsyn is an uncritical supporter of the status quo in Russia today. To be sure, he thinks that a "color...
Mahoney, Daniel (Poli...
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Jul 22, 2007 6:31 pm
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By now most of the readers of this forum know that I'm of those who finds Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward Putin deeply disappointing. Granted, I may not know...
The main character Kostoglotov has a lot in common with AIS, but still his background is very different from AIS. As far as I remember, AIS was mentioning ...
Svetlana Aliluyeva is a tragic figure and my heart goes to her. After all, how unlucky one must be to beat having a monstrous cannibal for a father - being an...
Sgt Il'ya Matveevich SOLOMIN. Close friend and companion-in-arms of AIS for much of his time at the front. He gave some interviews, but I don't know of any in...
Mike Nicholson
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Jul 23, 2007 9:22 am
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Not dealing directly with AIS, but clearly related. From The Weekly Standard: The Nazino File A vision of Hell from the Soviet archives. by Graeme Wood ...
