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Solzhenitsyn: The Great Odyssey

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Published 05 August, 2008, 17:42

The news of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s passing demands that we recall the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the future of human liberty. He played an important role in all, though for reasons that remain hotly debated today – and I suspect for a long time to come.

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